K7N420 Pro and SoundMax card

Is there any information and/or drivers for setting up the SoundMax card that goes in the CNR slot on this motherboard?
Thanks,
Bob

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Originally posted by wonkanoby
if you mean the audio riser card for 5.1 analogue just stick it in and plug in speakers to it,select speakers and analogue out in soundstorm panel,needs no drivers
And if you want to use the digital out port on the card, theres a 2 lead wire that plugs into the card and patches to the motherboard JSP1 connector 'tween the PCI slots and the back edge of the board.

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