Optical Out problems with MSI-K8NS Motherboard Adapter

I have an MSI-K8NS motherboard which came with an extra PCI mount bracket for coax/fiber digital out sound. I just bought a Creative surround sound system set with digital decoder. I hooked the header into where I believe the pins should go into the motherboard and even have a light at the ends of the cable (seemingly has a signal, I presume). I have no idea how to enable this in software, however. The Realtek software that is installed doesn't seem to have any configuration for this digital out, and I can't find a way to use it. I've searched these forums, but still have no idea what's going on. Could someone please help?
Thanks!
Edit: Ok, so it looks like the SoundManager software needs to be in 8 channel mode for spdif to work. I don't understand that, but at least I got it working. Hope this bit of info could help someone else out!

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My best guess is because you are running the default BIOS. Try running with one stick of ram just to start with, so that you have a stable enough system to upgrade your bios to 1.3
I tried running the system with a single stick of ram and still the same thing happens
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did i miss it or have you not mentioned that since your ram is 166MHZ you have changed the memory divider to 166 in BIOS?
When I started the computer up, the motherboard automatically picked the memory modules up as 166Mhz.
To Paul:
I tried to run the memtest86 several times. It starts off for a while, then the computer hangs up as pervious situations. It could just be that the RAM i am using is imcompatible. I may have to invest into Corsair RAM modules.

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Quote from: crazy on 05-January-06, 16:07:28
You may firstly clear cmos and load defaults in the bios, and if it is available, please attach us a picture of the screen which the issue occurred when you hit enter during the its detecting the SATA hard disk. I am a little confused about what you said. Please tell me what changes have you made before the issue took place. I just want to help, so do many other people. But please firstly give us more detailed information.
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Thank you for all the replies. Upgrading to the latest Nvidia IDE-drivers did not fix my problem. Moving to other SATA-ports did not help either. Upgrading the mobo's BIOS is not really an option (I'm using one version before the most recent and there isn't anything in the fixlist of the latest BIOS).
Now I've contacted Maxtor for (hopefully) a new firmware.
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Quote from: Tricky78 on 10-February-06, 07:00:58
lDaGGerl my friend , it worked !!! i don't know why but i did what u are saying and the PC booted normally !!! i didn't left the battery for a whole day but for 3 hours and it worked ...
anyway , after arriving at the welcome screen of Windows (it was such a sweet image !!) , the same thing happened.The pc froze and after restarting then it doesn't post again ... the proccessor is ok , the mobo was showing bios version 1.8 , so i guess it is an issue with the RAM ... I will run a test with different ram and let u know ...
Billy
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General
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Manufacturer (ID)   Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size         512 MBytes
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Number of banks      2
Data width      64 bits
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Registered      no
Buffered      no
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TRAS#         6   7   8
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Default problems with msi p35 neo 2
pc works fine when using windows and the net and emails
only when using 3d mark or games do i ever get problems
just help in getting the hole story 6 months ago got a msi neo2 install all my old components core 2 duo 4 gig ram form a diffrent board works fine but never used it playing games just used for the net and email shoping seamed to work fine but
tryed playing a game 2 months later command and conquer 3 pc was some times freeze or graphics artefacts on screen assumed vga card faulty got another graphics card geforce 8600gts installed still the same in the last month got round to playing with the pc again and installed new g7 780 watt power supply and ati hd 4870 graphics card
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System Details
MotherboardEdit Value
msi p35 neo2 fr
Motherboard BIOSEdit Value
latest
CPUEdit Value
core 2 quad 6600
CPU Overclock SpeedEdit Value
none
CPU HeatsinkEdit Value
standard intel that come with cpu
CPU Idle TempEdit Value
N/A
CPU Load TempEdit Value
N/A
MemoryEdit Value
******* xms2 2x2 gb ddr2 part no cm2x2048 6400c4dmx
Memory VoltageEdit Value
N/A
Video Card(s)Edit Value
ati hd4870
Video Card SpeedEdit Value
N/A
Sound CardEdit Value
onboard
PSUEdit Value
g7 780 watt power extreme
Hard Drive(s)Edit Value
mator dimondmax 21
Optical Drive(s)Edit Value
N/A
Other CoolingEdit Value
3 80mm fans 1 frount 1 back 1 side
ModsEdit Value
N/A
Operating SystemEdit Value
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******* xms2 2x2 gb ddr2 part no cm2x2048 6400c4dmx
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memory voltage 2.1
Make sure that the memory timings are not set to 4-4-4-x but that they are set to the defaults values (5-5-5-x). Also ensure, that the memory clock speed is not set to anything higher than 400 MHz (=DDR2-800). The voltage at these settings should not need to exceed 1.95V. So please lower it accordingly. In case the freezes still occure, please run memtest86+ to check your memory for errors.
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msi dual core center
Please get rid of that tool for all further tests. Uninstall it completely from your system as it is known to cause crashes and freezes on its own terms when running.

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Quote from: isramirez on 02-September-09, 02:12:29
I tend to believe the VGA card is not the problem because last sunday at night my bro tested my card in his PC and all was working fine, no beps, no resets, no problems at all... what if the problem is in the AGR slot?
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I tend to believe the VGA card is not the problem because last sunday at night my bro tested my card in his PC and all was working fine, no beps, no resets, no problems at all... what if the problem is in the AGR slot?
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unfortunatelly no friends with pci-e video cards...
Dunno how we can help with that, go to some computer repair service then and let's test spare parts for you.
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Quote from: Stick on 10-February-06, 19:24:28
if you know that the speakers are working (tested on another pc) it is usually a software configuration error. if the decoder would mess up the sounds, it is unlikely that you would hear anything in the other speakers too.
My speakers systems works perfect my previous setup, when motherboard has nForce2 SoundStorm integrated chip.
Some other forums, peoples claims that this MSI k8n motherboard can't send multichannel 5.1 surround audio on SPDIF and I have to connect my speakers on motherboard analog sound outputs.

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