Using Digital Out of Audigy SE on Vist

HI Guys!
Following Problem: Got the Audigy SE and the correctly installed Vista Driver. I do get sound by normal speakers. But now I bought the I/O Module for opical link. In normal Windows use, I don't hear anything. It works on WinXP and I can make the Soundblaster to say something if I go to preferences and test DTS but thats it. Does anybody now how to set "Digital Output only"? Please help me!

i am having the exact same issue. i am running windows vista 64 bit. - a month ago i was looking for a cheap, 7. sound card with digital output. i found the audigy SE.- when i recieved it, even though the card said it could do digital outputs, nowhere did it say i had to buy a separate module for it. so now i search for the module and buy it.(on another note why cant this be included, it was like $5. and why don't most of the big name online retailers carry it)- i plug in the module into the sound card, run a coaxial cable from digital output on soundcard to digital input on my reciever. no sound- check settings, disable analog speakers, disable onboard sound. still no sound.- i somehow found my way to a tab which allowed me to test various digital formats. i select a format, hit test, and it worked. i heard sound!? tried another one and it works!- i open a movie file... no sound. i look at the volume manager and there is an indicator saying that sound is being broadcast, but im not hearing anything.- i retest the digital formats. it works.- i open a movie file. no sound. from what i can tell, creative ships a utility that lets you change some setting from 44.8kpbs to 96kpbs or somethingl ike that (sorry i don't know anything about audio, and im having trouble finding the page again). Doing this allows digital sound to work with some devices. But the utility does not work with vista, so we are screwed!?I?can get 5. sound by using the 3 standard jacks and an analog. but they support only front, surround, center/sub. no rear surround support!? And its analog!?PLEASE HELP!

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