I tried installing the newest drivers for both the card itself, as well as the Sound Blaster Audio Controller, and even newer/older versions of Sound Blaster Z Control Panel nothing's worked, so I'm hoping you guys may have some insight. More recently I've discovered that switching the encoder version in the Sound Blaster Z Control Panel to anything else, then back to Dolby Digital is enough to get my sound playing again. In the beginning I would restart my computer, and things would simply work again. I've managed to overcome most of the other problems that I've had with the card, however even as I type this out my sound has dropped out almost a dozen times – it simply stops playing through the speakers. 3 -3300 62 : MS Windows NT Server, CD-ROM 001010 615 0 ' MS Windows NT Client. Sadly, I've had only headaches and issues since I installed the damned thing.

By default, Windows 7 will have the Aero graphics theme enabled which can tie up resources otherwise useful for your audio performance. Is the Soundblaster Z the latest and greatest. My motherboard is only capable of outputting stereo over SPDIF, so I bought a Sound Blaster Z sound card (which promises 5.1 over optical). Creative Sound Blaster Z 24 /96, ASIO 2.0 EAX Advanced 5.0, Creative Sound Blaster Z 6,3. I recently received a Razer Goliath 5.1 Soundbar for my birthday, capable of accepting input through Aux, Bluetooth, and Optical cable. I have a problem that I'm hoping someone with more knowledge can shed some light on.

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