Audigy 2 sound card connection to Inspire 5500

[deano187]

I'm a complete novice and so I hope somene out there can help me. Just bought the inspire 5500 second hand. Trying to run it through my internal audigy 2 sound card is proving a challenge to say the least. I assume I've got the wiring wrong as I'm getting no sound out of the speakers at all. I dont have a manual for the audigy 2 for the speakers and so connecting them so far has been guess work. Does anyone have a manual or know where i can download the manual for the speakers and the sound card?
Could you lay out some simple step by step setup instructions for me or post a linkl that i can follw?

Please help!

 

[LookinAround]

Not certain if these will answer all your questions/problems but are a couple excellent references so take a look and see

Sound and Recording Tutorial
Connecting Audio & Sound Devices to your Desktop Computer

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And by the way....

Are you certain the sound drivers are installed and running OK? Have you at least plugged in headphones and heard any sound?

 

[deano187]

inspire 5500 connection to audigy 2 internal soundcard

Thanks for your response Lookinaround. I have checked the sound card and it appears fine. Howver at the moment I'm not getting a squeak out of any of my 5.1's.

I'm wondering whether its the speakers or me thats the problem. If you have any other suggestions please advise.

 

[LookinAround]

Please follow instructions below will help give me some more info

• Click Start->Run, enter: msinfo32
• Click the + sign next to Components to expand it
• Click Problem Devices. Anything appear?
• If yes, click on it, then Edit->Select All, Edit->Copy Paste into next post

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Generate a DirectX report
TechSpot might require you have five posts until you can actually attach a file (per below). If this is the case, you might try looking through the file for the section labeled System Devices and just copy/paste the System Device data you see (i.e. you'll see under System Devices all those odd looking strings starting PCI\ and USB\ among possibly other string devices as well

• click Start->Run, enter dxdiag
• Notice progress in lower left window corner
• When done, click Save Information button and save to your Desktop
• In TechSpot, use the paper clip icon to attach the reports. (If you don't see icon you may need to first cick Go Advanced)