No sound from my PCI express xtreme x-fi sound card

I am having issues getting fallout 3 to work on my new pc so someone told me to disable my intergrated sound card(realtek) cause SB and RT could be conflicting. When I did I ended up with no sound at all with my soundblaster card. I am wondering maybe I didn't plug it in correctly? I am using a cyber accoustics headset. The problem still occurs with Fallout 3 and seems to be coming from the card.

Re: No sound from my PCI express xtreme x-fi sound card? On your system, make sure you power down and then turn your system on again and enter your computer's setup program. Look for onboard sound or integrated devices, or lastly Sound Codec such as Realtek. Make sure to totally disable this. Then once you save your changes, restart your machine and enter windows then go to control panel, and sound. Go to playback and then see if you have X-FI listed. Choose "set as default" if it is not listed. Then click speakers once and choose properties and and levels and make sure you have your volumes for each channel raised.
Sometimes when you have onboard sound and you disable it its drivers still tell your system that it is your primary sound device and your system still looks for it rather than the Creative.
also check in your control panel, under programs and features and make sure you have removed all traces of your REALTEK sound software. Try a reinstall of your Creative software to make sure it is reinstated as the primary sound device and lastly, reinstall Direct X.
make sure all speaker jacks have been removed from your Realtek and plugged into your Xtreme x-fi.

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<pre>Thank you for contacting Creative Technical Support Services; we
appreciate the opportunity to assist you.
>From your descriptions, you are having issue with getting the "What U
Hear" option to show up on Vista System. I apologize for any
inconveniences this issue is causing you. Let me see what I can do to
assist you.
For your information, The What U Hear recording option is not supported
for Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Series in Vista.
If you still require assistance, please reply to this email with any
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service.
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