PS3 to X-fi Elite - to 5.1 Computer sound system - How do I make it work?

Alright,
So I just finished intalling the X-fi elite and set up the receiver. The instructions in the box were not much help for what im trying to do, nor the FAQs. I am really hoping someone out there can help me with this problem:
I am running a Klipsch 5.1 ProMedia Ultra. It is currently displaying sound from the X-fi elite card just fine. Now the next obstacle to be jumped is connecting my PS3 into the receiver that comes with the X-fi elite. I have done this... but the PS3 still does not display sound to the Klipsch system. Anyone have any suggestions?
Keep in mind:
I am running Windows Vista 32bit
The Klipsch system does not have its own Optical/SPDIF IN
Is my receiver even working? I cant even get the volume on it to respond to sound played from the computer.
Thanks a lot guys!

Try connecting the analog sound form the PS3 to the elite, and see if that works. If the receiver still doesn't work, make sure it's connected correctly.

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I have the MSI K9A2 Platinum motherboard. Now the board runs fine. However I find it very hard to take this company seriously anymore.
6 months ago I tried Flashing the Bios for a CPU upgrade I wanted. MSI's website boasts its mother boards that have 64 bit capabilities. However if you use a 64bit OS. Namely Windows XP or Windows Vista. You are in big trouble. The Live updater doesn't work with it. Not at all. Install it and it gives you errors that it will not launch.
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So they say just send it back they give me an RMA number I remove the board package it and take pictures of its condition. I say again I took pictures. (The reason I did this is if you look at the reviews of this board on Tiger Direct there is complaints of them getting the board and claiming it is damaged. They email you a picture and claim it something you did. they then send it back to you.)
So I send it out. Wouldn't you guess they say it's Damaged they send me some nice pics in an email. So I send my pics of the board in the condition I sent it. There is no damage on the board they can see. They now claim it's the shippers fault. Shipper insists package arrived in great condition. MSI still refuses to help even though they know I sent them the board in great condition.So MSI is very poor in taking care of it's customers through RMA
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The next day It is completed. What did they have to do? They installed a IDE drive booted from a floppy and loaded off the drive with the Flash file. Having to take the PC apart taking out Cd roms and running the ide via my CD rom IDE. Now I know a lot of you are going to say they didn't know what they where doing and I am telling you They did everything I did which is what MSI walked me through and hit the same road blocks. during the Reboot one of the guys wanted to try MSI live updater 3 and some how it worked..
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I am not here to argue but, the fact that you as an administrator can sit here and say there is no money in 64 bit obviously are speaking from a point of view of Bias.
Walk into any Bestbuy, call any Dell call center, Call CyberpowerPC.com, or call Microsoft. These are the systems that are in demand.
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Where would we be if we stuck with 8 bit? What would have happended to the gaming industry if Sega never came out with their 16 bit platform?
Mention MSI to any geek squad guy and they just laugh and say go Asus. Sure you may not value their opinion. But the public who take it to them cause they don't understand computers does.They even say They(Geek squad) are easier to maintain with processor updates with some one who has experience that means something too. Sure I know to use the Utilities now because of these forums which I am thankful for. However: I represent those who are not capable and computer literate and the idea here that we should let them fend for themselves is preposterous.
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First off answer questions with out the criticism to the 64 bit OS. Just try and help the people regardless of your opinion.
Secondly you need to lose this idea that there is no market for 64bit software. There is. Trust me I report to people who want to see what is in demand. 64 bit is in great demand (Mainly because of ram and yes people don't realize that there really never going to use it. However; The market is pushing this so when it does come out and they do start using it there won't be a mad rush to update everything again.)
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The following excerpts are my (an 'Elite' customer) attempts to open a dialog with the management at BESTBUY. A month has gone by now, I have sent the following information 7-9 times and this "company" has yet to reply. If you are a potential BB customer please read this and realize that when BB salespeople tell you something you must take their words with a grain of salt and all the while think of them as, well, Used Car Salespeople. If you are in fact BB Management you should know after reading this that I was one of those valued customers that you spend $MILLIONS$ each year to attract and do nothing to EARN. I have spent a ton O' cash over the last few years at BB on 3 Big Sceens, 2 i7 Computers, all of our iPhones, multiple office printers, 3 years of GEEK SQUAD memberships, 2 Kindle Fires, 2 iPad minis, 1 surround sound system, 2 BluRay players, Many software packages and finally ONE REMOTE CAR STARTER which is the reason for my initial query.
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Best Buy Management,
I have now sent 3 emails to your “Lisa.Smith” email address and after about two weeks have not yet received a reply. What do I need to do to get a reply from Best Buy. I’ve spent thousands of dollars (That’s $1000.00’s) and now feel that I am being severely disrespected by the management at Best Buy. I don’t make threats but I am very disappointed in that fact that I have been so loyal as a customer to a company that seems not to care about me as a customer at all. It’s odd that someone can spend so much money to a company thinking that such loyalty would be rewarded, only to be ignored and disrespected.
I am very well connected and respected in the media in St. Louis as well as in all social media and I do not want to use those platforms to air this out but I will if I don’t get a response from Best Buy.
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Hi Lisa,
My name is Ken {removed per forum guidelines}. I am a “My Best Buy” Elite member and my acct.# is @@@@@. In the past I have purchased thousands of dollars worth of products from Best Buy. I have always been a loyal Best Buy customer and I’m writing you today to ask that I receive the same respect, loyalty and trust that I have given to Best Buy over the years.
Last December I went to the Best Buy on Watson Road in St. Louis, Missouri looking for an item for my wife for Christmas called a Viper 2-way Remote Start System, model number 4806v. I saw it at BestBuy.com. I went back to the area where you keep this item and the sales guy was really nice and helped me find the only one that you had left in stock. I told him that I wanted to have this installed in my wife’s car. I told him the year and model of the car, (2007 Toyota Rav 4) and asked if this was all that I needed or if I had to pay for installation. The salesman told me that their was no additional charge for installation. He said that all I needed to do is purchase the product and take the box home today. Give the present to my wife and then have her set up an appointment to have the remote system installed. He said that it could take as much as 3 hours and I was fine with that.
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I was shocked but repeated the process above. After again waiting on the phone the online salesperson get me in touch with Customer relations. I started to speak to the person in CR and again, the phone beeped twice and hung up.
I tried a third time, explained everything in this email so far to the new online salesperson and she gave me the extension number to call if this happens again. It happened again.
I again called and asked the next online salesperson to connect me with x@@@. She said that they weren’t picking up but they were having some phone issues. She then gave me your email address and told me to tell you everything that I told her.
Here we are.
Please let me know what I need to do from here. If you look up my account you will see the extensive list of purchases that I have made from Best Buy. I believe that I have more than displayed my willingness to pay fair prices for good quality items but I will not be “bait and switched.” I think that the manager Tim had it wrong. He won’t go out-of-business if he helps qualified customers but he will if continues to treat good customers with such disrespect.
Thank You and I look forward to your reply.
Ken {removed per forum guidelines}
---POST NOTE-- For me, it's not about the $$$$ but about the way Tim talked to me and my wife. I have a wife and 11 and 15 year-olds. I estimate between them and I we will be spending well over $10,000.00 over the next four years for electronics and related services. The only question is will I be spending it at BEST BUY? After all of this, would you?
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Welcome to the forum, iChannel, and thank you for being an Elite My Best Buy member!
Minnesota winters can be bitterly cold, and I can imagine having a remote starter installed in my car would be amazing. It was very nice of you to purchase one for your wife, and I’m sure she was absolutely thrilled to have it installed. It’s regrettable to hear that some additional installation requirements came as such a shock to you though, and I truly apologize if we failed to properly explain the necessary costs associated with our car services.
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I can't use PS3 and Laptop at same time ?

OK I'm hoping although strange this might be a simple as changing a setting in my hub or laptop, here goes:-
Like many housholds nowadays I have many things connected to my Hub, Desktop, Ipod, Phone, Sky, games machines,etc
Well the problem I have, is when I stream Netflix or Amazon prime on my PS3 it buffers a lot or wont go HD for quite some time, no problem I switched to a wired set up, which helped with speed a lot, happily watching movies of an evening,
then one evening, it kept saying it's taking a long time to sign in, and wouldn't, I re check my network settings, and it shows unable to obtain an ip address,
so I set up the wirless again, and the same problem,
anyway after a few nights of this, I get a bit fed up, then out of the blue, it works again, both wireless and when I switch back to wired,
so I settle down to watch a film, fire up laptop, and after a few mins it flashes on my PS3 I have been disconnected, I peice things to gether and realise, when I have laptop on I cant connect PS3, even if laptop is wirless and PS3 wired ?.
I assume they are both using the same ip ?, I deleted the laptop from my Hub in the hope it would assign another, fired up PS3, and then re booted laptop, but straight away it kicks out PS3.
I have mooched arround in hub advanced settings, but I dont know what I'm doing, so not going to adjust anything, so if it is just a case of modifying my laptop or hub settings, if someone could instruct me I would be greatful, and if its not thought to be that HHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLPP Please
Thanks in advance
Chris
P.S. I have searched the forums, there seems to be a lot of PS3 connection problems, but nothing that matches my particular problems

No I'm afraid that didn't work either

PS3 error: "An Ethernet cable is not connected" with E2000

Problem: My PS3 displays An Ethernet cable is not connected almost immediately after logging in. I am connected through a Linksys E2000 router. If I reset the cable modem, it will work for 10-15 minutes until it errors out again. If I plug the PS3 directly into the cable modem, it works fine. I'm really confused.
1. I do not believe it is the router, as my computer is also connected to the router, and works fine. My Touchpad is connected wirelessly and also works fine.
2. I do not believe it is the PS3, because it works fine if I plug it directly into the cable modem. I tried switching to wireless and it finds a lot of other signals (including mine), but I have the same problem if I choose wireless.
I first had this problem with a launch PS3 and a Netgear router after almost three years of no problems. This was back in November 2010. I replaced it with a Linksys E2000 router in January 2011, and a slim PS3 in late September 2011.
I had no problems from January until last weekend. I have tried to do the DMZ trick, but no luck. I have also tried to set the primary and secondary DNS to 4.2.2.1.
Does anyone have any insight? If I need to buy a new router, I will, but I don't understand because it works for my computer and Touchpad. Is it something crazy like when November comes, my internet settings get corrupted?

Try using the DHCP reservation feature to give your PS3 a "static " ip outside of the DHCP server range. So something above the range called "IP Address Range". 192.168.1.150 should be good, but you can check to confirm that this address isn't in that range.
Make sure your PS3 is set to obtain the network information automatically, NOT through a custom setting. Also, make sure your PS3 is turned off completely before doing this.
Could you also give us a screenshot of the "signals" tab when you go to 192.168.100.1?
I don't work for Cisco. I'm just here to help.

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