Can't get surround speakers to work

i set up my K8N so far, and aside from some minor stuff everything is running smoothly.
except:
my surround speakers, center and sub are not working.
left and right front work perfectly but all other speakers don't work
any idea how to fix this?
i have tried optical and coax spdif, no luck.

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Originally posted by sponge
I have a Creative DTT3500 speaker system and was using it with an Audigy in my last build. However, I thought I would try out the onboard sound with this motherboard. So far all I get is sound from the front left & right speakers. Nothing from the centre, sub, or rears.
I currently have it connected with the optical lead (in my previous setup I was using the dedicated digital lead) and I have tried every combination of buttons I can think of on the DTT3500 itself. I have Windows set to 5.1 and I've used the MSI utility to setup and check the speaker outputs, but still only get the front L&R channels.
Read my first post in this thread.

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