- January 5, 2009
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Hey Guys/Gals
Just put together a new system with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit OS
OCZ SSD 60 Gig Hard Drive
8 Gigs of ram
in a Zotac Zbox Mini PC
It's Connected to a usb 3.0 Hitachi Hard Drive
I installed all the latest chipset drivers
Installed MP 1.2.1
Latest Streamed MP
Latest SAF 6.0 Codec Pack
I wanted it set up like my old system to at least get 5.1 audio through the spdif output
For the life of me I cant figure out why spdif isn't working. It seems to only recognize 2 channels (Stereo). When I go to a movie that has dts 5.1 in makes this loud screech noise then nothing, no sound at all.
Has anyone come across this issue with these mini boxes? am I better off buying an external usb sound card? I mean I have tried all kinds of combinations to get it to work. Seems that Windows installs its own drivers and this box comes with Realtek drivers. Can they co-exist? I have tried both at the same time then just uninstalled the realtek driver so I could watch tv with sound through the hdmi cable. I have an older recevier with only spdif input (no hdmi).
Any ideas are welcome.
thanks.
Just put together a new system with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit OS
OCZ SSD 60 Gig Hard Drive
8 Gigs of ram
in a Zotac Zbox Mini PC

It's Connected to a usb 3.0 Hitachi Hard Drive
I installed all the latest chipset drivers
Installed MP 1.2.1
Latest Streamed MP
Latest SAF 6.0 Codec Pack
I wanted it set up like my old system to at least get 5.1 audio through the spdif output
For the life of me I cant figure out why spdif isn't working. It seems to only recognize 2 channels (Stereo). When I go to a movie that has dts 5.1 in makes this loud screech noise then nothing, no sound at all.
Has anyone come across this issue with these mini boxes? am I better off buying an external usb sound card? I mean I have tried all kinds of combinations to get it to work. Seems that Windows installs its own drivers and this box comes with Realtek drivers. Can they co-exist? I have tried both at the same time then just uninstalled the realtek driver so I could watch tv with sound through the hdmi cable. I have an older recevier with only spdif input (no hdmi).
Any ideas are welcome.
thanks.