SBLive! and Optical quest

I just rebuilt my computer and to keep it simple i bought an MSI motherboard with SBLi've! as the onboard chip. I have a SB Audigy 2 platinum and am trying not to use it. I dont care about watching movies but I do care about my music. When i have my Audigy hooked up i could have my stereo surround hooked up and going as well as my computers 5. speakers. This made it basically a 0.2 (0 speakers and 2 subwoofers). I cannot find an option to have BOTH sets of speakers going at the same time with the SBLi've! chipset. And yes i do have the optical plugged into the right hole =P So if anyone can tell me if this is possible and how to do it that would be great!

Thanks Deathstalker! Hi from Vero Beach btw
i had tried to use the SBLive on my board but i kept getting crackling/stuttering phases. it wasnt a loose connection or debris or anything, and i updated the bios and drivers. it still had this problem so i removed the SBlive and went back to the onboard. the problem persisted with the onboard! oddly, when i removed the promise UltraATA card that came with the WD Hard drive, the sound is absolutely fine with the onboard, and now im considering putting the SBlive back on. i had wanted to settle this issue before buying the audigy2 platinum, and i hope going to IRQ 5 helps when i get home (i bet it will). you seem to be into online gaming, would you mind putting your two cents in here?
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/forum/index.php?threadid=29987&sid=

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