audio solutions or problems

[TwitchyFing3rs]

optical audio is on but not receiving signal what gives? tried asking reddit but thay are always stupid and angry for some reason. need help. i had a local audio technician come over for home theater audio and he said all of my settings are correct again the red optical audio is good  or i mean on realtec audio console was giving me shit but i fixed it. the only solution or conclusion that ive come to was to either take the board back to micro centrer or get a sound card internal or external. please help 

[TwitchyFing3rs]

im trying to do surround sound using this motherboard. it should be plug and play please help 

 

[SpookyCitrus]

Are all of your drivers up to date? Manually installed from the manufacturer webpage for the board? If you relied on Windows Updater to get the drivers they're likely wrong or out of date.

 

I'd also check the cable. Optical audio cables can be fairly fragile, if it's an older cable or a lesser quality one, it's likely it could be a bad cable. I'm sure if you had an audio tech come out though they probably checked that. If they didn't... 

 

It could also be the device you're connecting to the computer. What kind of device are you trying to connect?

 

If it's not the cable or the drivers it's possible you would need to replace the board or get a sound card. I'd exhaust the other options first.

[OddOod]

Have you tested the surround system with a  different optical source?

[saintlouisbagels]

You need to give us actual information to work with.

 

What is your optical audio source (output)? Computer motherboard? External sound card? DVD player?

What is receiving the optical audio (input)? Home theater receiver? External sound card? Powered speakers?

[Psittac]

If you find that you need a different source of output, the sysbasonic sd-dac is excellent and affordable.  It's on par or slightly better than high end onboard audio and it has a spdif output.  Not saying that's what you should do, but the information is there depending on your conclusion.