Tried to install Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 but won't wor

Hi,
I tried to install a Li've! 5. card i recently bought, and the guy from the store told me i wouldn't need a CD-ROM because XP auto-installs it.
So i opened my pc, and plugged the sound blaster into a free motherboard slot.
When i try to startup, it just won't work, and when it does, XP simply says no sound card was found..
What did i do wrong?
I know nothing at all about computers, so don't ask me any specs; i only know my computer runs on XP..
Thanks for the help!!
ps.
I only use a windows for flightsimming, and since i'm a member of a virtual airline, i have to do at least flight per month, or i lose my membership and my saved flight hours.. So i need a solution as fast as possible.. Thanks!

Is my sound card so old that no-one wants to reply? :sMessage Edited by AFA5349 on -3-2007:54 AM

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