Stereo instead of 5.1 over digital din

& I have a X-fi fatality platinum hooked up to a dtt3500 speaker set over digital din. I just installed Win7 64 bit and creative drivers 2.8.003.
When I attempt to do the windows 5. speaker test to make sure the sound is coming from the appropriate speakers, all the sounds come from the left and right speakers rather than all 5 (plus sub) speakers. This setup used to work fine in windows XP, why does it no longer work now?

I have read through all of the FAQ, and Kbase articles there seens to be no answer and similar threads seem to be ignored, possibly because the answer is too obvious to someone, but not to me.
I have
-completely wiped and formatted the hard dri've and reinstalled everything from scratch.
-all the new updates for the sound card and for the videocard.
After some troubleshooting I start thinking that the problem is either in the card or my software (WinDVD) both however are latest versions.
When the audio is set to output hrough SPDIF I sometimes am able to get 5. (tested by isolating rear speakers) however that results in picture jumping from fast to slow.
Even if I may have missed a necessary FAQ please direct me to it!
ANY ADVICE PLEASE!

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