Extigy HELP!! Optical OUT prob !!?!

Hello. Any help here would be GREATLY appriciated. I cannot seem to get a optical out signal !! I have treied TWO identical extigy external sound cards; with no luck on either. I'm using a 50' cable WITH a TOSLINK optical amplifer.My qustion is: Is there a toggle in the software or something in windows that has to be turned on or?I can't believe 50' would be too long while using a TOSLINK amp. THxBarry

Using it with Windoze XP. Trying to get from the optical out of the extigy to an optical in on a roland audio workstation. Tried two identical cards with no luck. Have verifyed the roland is fine. I mentioned it's a 50' cable-actually it's a 25' cable. Bought a TOSLINK optical amplifier (Radio Shack) and it didn't help at all. It's a real drag; I'm just trying to play music from my computer on a big audio (band) system thru the Roland. Any other idea's?Much thanx for the response!!!Best Regards-BarryCanada

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