Creative Inspire 5.1 speakers and notebook problems

Hi,
I have my digital 5500 speakers connected to my old desktop computer which has the Audigy soundblaster card and the whole system works fine - mostly. I would like to connect the speakers to my notebook as that system is much more efficient and I feel wouldn't freeze during playback of music like the desktop. However I have a Realtek AC(7 soundcard in the notebook and when I plug the Creative speakers in I get no sound at all. If I use my cheap 2 speakers it works fine. I guess maybe I need to reconfigure the notebook but have no idea if this is possible and if it is how to do it. Does anyone have any suggestions please? I am using XP on both systems. I have been to the Realtek site but there seems to be no support there.

Gilli
What is the connection type you used for the notebook to the speaker? Coaxial/Optical/Line IN?
Try using a Stereo minijack to Stereo minijack cable to connect from your sound card front audio jack to the Analog Line In on the decoder. Ensure that you have selected the Input source to 'LINE IN' from the decoder box.
Your best bet would be to check with your notebook vendor for additional assistance as you may need to enable certain setting from your notebook.
Jason

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Creative offers many speaker systems that will fit your needs, without decoder.
You mentioned the Inspire 5700 system; this system comes with a decoder/amplifier, and wouldnt actually be what you'r looking for.
If your looking for awesome sound-quality, and good power, I can recommend the 5.1 Megaworks system, though this system can get quite expensive, you'll get what you pay for.
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First off let me say that i know little to none about audio, so i'm not a audiofile.
Second i have some qeustions/problems with mij Creative z soundblaster and hoped someone else has tackeld these problems and is willing to teach how to setup this sound blaster.
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For those who replyed even more thanks
ooh yeah before i forget, if the post is a bit unclear for you pls don't hessitate to contact me or sent me mail for a more or better explenation of the problem, if you need aditional info PLS say so and i will post it

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