Sound card hi i bought a sound card for my pc do i need to plug any wires in to it for it to work 6 Channel 5.1 Surround PCI Audio Sound Card Controller

Check your sound card if is it connected properly or not. This problem also because of improper drivers or absence of drivers. Check your wiring connection also.

Install it in to CPU. Remove the CPU cover, Find the PCI Slot(White colour). Plug it , close the cover and turn on the PC

audio device not working

There is a 6 channel card, which is available and you plug it into one your free PCI sockets. PCI sockets are located toward the bottom of the MB, oriented horizontally, and there is a slot on the back of the computer, where the connections are made and the controls can be adjusted. The installation is rather easy, following the instructions. Remember that not all programs have the "surround sound". Those who don't will have 4 silent speakers and two active. They may by now have sound cards that will let the non active speakers repeat the active ones, but I am not that familiar.
CONSTANTIN (arzconst)

You can download this driver from Intel by following this link...
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=1704&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional+x64+Edition&lang=eng&strOSs=109&submit=Go%21

When the page opens, scroll down to find the sound card, then click the download link, agree to the terms and you should have your driver.

good luck
tony

try this software: http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/
download and install it. Good Luck

A stereo computer system with resources to produce and record surround sound channels. Such surround sound channels are played or recorded using an audio card added to the computer system, which audio card controls additional speakers and/or microphones. Software for redirecting instructions from existing stereo application programs and sending these instructions to the existing audio device driver and the additional audio device driver is needed. Resources for processing the digital audio data for either extracting surround sound channels from two channel data provided by the application, or for encoding two sets of two channel audio data recorded by the two audio cards is also needed

Hi, Ciick on this link to download the drivers from all major version of Windows

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOUND-CARD/OTHER-SOUNDCARDS/asound-CMI8738-4CH-6CH-Audio-Driver.shtml

Not available on this unit...accordianman

You need to use a digital interface cable between the sound card and the speakers to get all of the 6 channels to work properly.