blinky I got it going. The Yamaha chip was a YMF724. Found the Yamaha link at 3dsoundsurge and downloaded the driver. It was 5.068KB so had to save it to my HD and burn it to a CD.
Just installed Windows XP in my sons puter and need drivers for his SB16PCI Model CT4740. Closest I can find at Creative is for a “Sound Blaster PCI Compact (CT5808)”.
Briefly SPDIF is a digital connection and the 4 wire is an analog connection. To get SPDIF to work you have to go to the sound mixer panel, click on the "Advanced" buton, and check the "digital...
Am using Audigy sound. I like the sound but am torqued off about all the c*ap it installed. I now have seven icons related to it and I didn’t even let load most of the stuff it wanted to do. I have...
hastx, Just got an email from Teac confirming that my burner does not have digital output. Don't know if that is for all burners (not CD ROMs)or just mine. Am going to post the question on "Primer on...
hastx Think I know why my CD SPDIF connection does not work. Out of frustration and boridom I looked in the CD (a Teac CD-W516EB) manual. The rear panel illustration labels the SPDIF looking...
hastx I went ahead and hooked up my speakers using a RCA cable and adaptor, Seems to be working great. Was questioning the RCA cable because it looks too crude for something with a fancy name like...
I have a set of Boston Digital BA790 speakers and a Audigy sound card. Should I use the digital or analog connection, and what are the pros and cons of each?
I have one and really like it, however I am not a audioholic so am not really in a position to judge. Mine is OEM and came without a manual, so didn't do any tweaking. Have a downloaded manual now...
Two or three weeks ago I saw a Windows audio tuneup article, by a guy named McGuire, but can't find it now. If anyone knows of it I would most grateful if they would post a link to it.
Got a new Audigy, it was OEM so came without a manual. Not to worry, I will just go to the Creative web site. Wrong - I might as well have gone to the Taubin Government web site.
Have a new Audigy sound card (OEM - no manual) and a Teac CD-516EB burner. What, if anything, would I gain by using the SPDIF digital connection instead of the four pin analog connection? Am using...
hastx and daylef - Thanks for taking the time to write such informative and detailed answers. Have a lot better feel for things now. Bill http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/smile.gif
