8rda+ SPDIF no sound - Help!

I have the 8rda+ v2.0 with spdif daughter card. I also have the Yamaha
TSS-10 5.1 speakers, However I cannot get optical digital to work.
Someone recommended setting the Windows XP mixer to digital out but I
see no check box to enable it. Any suggestions please.

Thanks

Wad

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:34:34 +0900, Wad <> wrote:

>
>
>I have the 8rda+ v2.0 with spdif daughter card. I also have the Yamaha
>TSS-10 5.1 speakers, However I cannot get optical digital to work.
>Someone recommended setting the Windows XP mixer to digital out but I
>see no check box to enable it. Any suggestions please.
>
>Thanks
>
>Wad


To answer my own question and others whom may be interested. If you
plan on using the optical digital out spdif daughter card on a v2.0
8rda+ board...don't! Its doesn't work Known issue.

In the last year and a half I've installed and uninstalled
approximately eight different 8rda+ boards in two cases. If its not
bad capacitors or power up problems, its memory C1 or IDE controller
problems . This last episode with the spdif was the final straw. I'll
never touch an Epox board again!

Regards

Wad

My 8rda3+
Spdif works fine along with 3 others i've set up.
Bad caps hit all motherboard makers, had a gigabyte,asus,and abit bord bite
it from bulging caps and one epox 8kta3+.
Good luck with others I've had the best luck and least returns with epox
tho.
tom
(old hippy)

"Wad" <> wrote in message
news...
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:34:34 +0900, Wad <> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >I have the 8rda+ v2.0 with spdif daughter card. I also have the Yamaha
> >TSS-10 5.1 speakers, However I cannot get optical digital to work.
> >Someone recommended setting the Windows XP mixer to digital out but I
> >see no check box to enable it. Any suggestions please.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Wad
>
>
> To answer my own question and others whom may be interested. If you
> plan on using the optical digital out spdif daughter card on a v2.0
> 8rda+ board...don't! Its doesn't work Known issue.
>
> In the last year and a half I've installed and uninstalled
> approximately eight different 8rda+ boards in two cases. If its not
> bad capacitors or power up problems, its memory C1 or IDE controller
> problems . This last episode with the spdif was the final straw. I'll
> never touch an Epox board again!
>
> Regards
>
> Wad
>
>

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:10:32 GMT, "Old Hippy" <> wrote:

>My 8rda3+ Spdif works fine along with 3 others i've set up.

Who said anything about the 8rda3+? Its the 8rda+ version 2.0 that is
a known problem. Its a big deal if you've just forked out $400 bucks
for a set of digital speakers.


>Bad caps hit all motherboard makers, had a gigabyte,asus,and abit bord bite
>it from bulging caps and one epox 8kta3+. Good luck with others I've had the
>best luck and least returns with epox tho.
>tom (old hippy)

Okay! Aside from the bulging caps (which I never personally
experienced till the 8rda+), I've never had the power up, memory, or
IDE controller problems with an Abit or Giga-byte board. As a systems
builder over the last ten years I've probably assembled 1000 units and
have had only a few of these boards go bad. But in the last year and a
half I've installed and uninstalled approximately eight different
8rda+ boards in the same two cases. That's just too many!

Epox has lost my vote!

Wad

From Wad on 29/Jun/2004 05:29:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:10:32 GMT, "Old Hippy" <> wrote:
>
>
>>My 8rda3+ Spdif works fine along with 3 others i've set up.
>
>
> Who said anything about the 8rda3+? Its the 8rda+ version 2.0 that is
> a known problem. Its a big deal if you've just forked out $400 bucks
> for a set of digital speakers.
>
>
>
>>Bad caps hit all motherboard makers, had a gigabyte,asus,and abit bord bite
>>it from bulging caps and one epox 8kta3+. Good luck with others I've had the
>>best luck and least returns with epox tho.
>>tom (old hippy)
>
>
> Okay! Aside from the bulging caps (which I never personally
> experienced till the 8rda+), I've never had the power up, memory, or
> IDE controller problems with an Abit or Giga-byte board. As a systems
> builder over the last ten years I've probably assembled 1000 units and
> have had only a few of these boards go bad. But in the last year and a
> half I've installed and uninstalled approximately eight different
> 8rda+ boards in the same two cases. That's just too many!
>
> Epox has lost my vote!
>
> Wad
>
I have a GA+ which is the same as yours but with on-board graphics. The only
problem I had with SPDIF was that the board did not come with a connector and it
was very difficult to obtain the official part. To get round that, I made a
connector which was easy enough though I've only wired up the out part and not
the in. It works great.

--
Julian Knight, http://www.knightnet.org.uk/
Sheffield, United Kingdom
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:45:33 +0000, Julian Knight
<news003@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:


>I have a GA+ which is the same as yours but with on-board graphics. The only
>problem I had with SPDIF was that the board did not come with a connector and it
>was very difficult to obtain the official part. To get round that, I made a
>connector which was easy enough though I've only wired up the out part and not
>the in. It works great.


And herein lies the problem. The spdif is standard issue with other
mainboard manufacturers like Abit or Asus. Again Epox falls short of
the mark. But I will leave it at that. My agenda is not to harass
Epox; but just to be read as a caution.

Wad

From Wad on 30/Jun/2004 12:56:

> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:45:33 +0000, Julian Knight
> <news003@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>I have a GA+ which is the same as yours but with on-board graphics. The only
>>problem I had with SPDIF was that the board did not come with a connector and it
>>was very difficult to obtain the official part. To get round that, I made a
>>connector which was easy enough though I've only wired up the out part and not
>>the in. It works great.
>
>
>
> And herein lies the problem. The spdif is standard issue with other
> mainboard manufacturers like Abit or Asus. Again Epox falls short of
> the mark. But I will leave it at that. My agenda is not to harass
> Epox; but just to be read as a caution.
>
I agree, it is a pain. SPDIF is a standard connection for many now and is the
easiest way of getting 5.1 surround. Actually the ONLY way on my Creative
Soundworks speakers short of having an Creative sound card (which has a
proprietory connector).

Still, I found the instructions on how to build it on the web and it was easy
enough to follow.

It is a small problem and I really like the rest of the board, SO much better
than my previous board from ABIT.

--
Julian Knight, http://www.knightnet.org.uk/
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Security, Directory, Messaging, Network & PC Consultant
Instant Messaging:Jabber=, Yahoo!=knighjm