Audigy 2 ZS with Speakers but no so

Hi!
I recently bought a new Gamestar PC Scaleo TA with a Audigy 2 ZS in it. After installing all the necessary stuff and drivers I connected my TEAC PowerMax 40 speakers but got no sound.
After fruitless days of error searching I even plugged in the audio cord of my Sony TFT but again to no avail.
Hardware must be ok because I once changed in BIOS the on-board sound from diabled to enabled and after installing the audio controller drivers from realtek their player started and also played the sound just as it should be.
But I have no sound in Windows, in games, music, whatsoever.
No errors reported in the hardware manager, nowhere is sound disabled in the various Creative menus, I'm pretty much lost.
Oh and I plugged the audio cord into pretty much every opening it would fit just to rule out that I plugged it into the wrong place.
Some more info on my PC:
WinXP SP2
Audigy drivers version 5.2..443
I really hope someone can help me on this.
Regards
WarmongerMessage Edited by Warmonger on 2-26-2005 07:4 PM

ddixon27,
You will have to check with Customer Support in your region if they have those audio cable available separately for purchase.
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I can only guess that it is something to do with my computer or the settings ? but I cannot really understand why the headphones won't work when plugged in, but when unplugged the speakers do work?
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Helppppppppppppppp ! I am going crazy going around in circles.
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Dear Jason.
First of all, could I apologise for my tantrum, I'll explain in a minute.
I looked at the announcement and I managed to sort out problem I was having which was, when I tried to run the DIAGNOSTIC TOOL, the writing went of the little window and there were no buttons to press and so I could not go any further.
After reading the announcement, I change the DPI to 96 (it was 20) and now I can see all the text and the buttons.
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Hi Jeremy,
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I have tried all the thx console setup and bass levels.
Its not affecting the subwoofer output very much.
<Infact the subwoofer output is so low that i have to go and put my ears on the subwoofer to see if its producing sound.
Remember that with Li've! 5. (SB0220) which also i have with me is giving all the great results. so the problem is not with speakers but with the sound card and i want my costly card (zs) to work.
(i still believe the 5. 5200 3 pole cables (green, black, yellow) which we attached to the sound card and speakers are not compatible with Audigy2 zs as zs needs 4 pole cables - but i have not verified this still as it will be a long time consuming exercise - purchasing 4 pole pins and soldering here and there on cables and poles and testing testing)
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