Output to home theater??

I had my home theater hooked up to my Sound Blaster LIVE 24 bit, and everything was fine, but after getting some type of virus, I had to do a wipe & load of my OS. Now everything is working on my sound card EXCEPT the digital output. Am I missing something in the settings? Everything is connected exactly as before, but no matter what I try, I can't get the sound out to my sound system....
Any advice is very much appreciated!!!!

frankfjm88,
Go to the surround mixer/speaker setting software and enable the Digital Output only option. Does that help.
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