ok according to ASUS my mobo has a built in 6 channel card so I haven't bought the digital out thingy.... I can use it fine for my normal 2.1 speakers.... I then tried to plug in another set of normal stereo speakers and put them into the Line-In socket which I told the card to use for the rear left and right jack but alas no sound.... I've tried playing with the settings on both the soundcard drivers and the windows speaker drivers and no luck.... what do I have to do to make it work?????

i don't think you can plug in multiple speaker sets...i think they have to one set.

if it's 6 channel, then you should be able to. Try different jacks. And, if that doesnt work, then update the drivers.

done both..... still doesn't work... do I have to buy some expansion slot or something???? FFS The drivers say plug into line-in for rear speakers.., I wish they weren't so deceptive!!!

I think Tet's right about that . . . One set of 5.1 would work.

Though, onboard audio has always been a big problem monkey.

yer I decided to buy a 4 channel herculease card for £14 it has the two output jacks I wanted. TY anyway guys

A lil off topic, but I love the new avatar+sig you've got going.

Nice choice to go with non-onboard.

ty, I'm still working on slightly better versions and replying to the second I looked around for a nice, cheap soundcard and ended up getting a Herculease (which was recommended to me by a mate who does alot of studio work) and yer my onboard is ok..... but if the features don;t work then it's a waste of time really.

I had a problem similar to this. I got a jack splitter (at Radio Shack $5.95). Its a single headphone type plugin that splits the main audio connection into two.

Here's how it <a href='http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1&catalog_name=CTLG&category_name=&product_id=274-313' target='_blank'>looks</a>.

Damn, its a dollar less now.

wowo thanks allot dude that saves me quite a bit!!