I bought 2 5150 adapters from ebay for use with my XPSgen2/7800GTX (cheers again Bal`thzar)
They are both revA00 and have behaved perfectly.
Which is more than I can say for my revA02, far too often the LED on the adapter goes out and...
If your surround sound setup doesn't have a digital input, ie no onboard decoding, then I think Qwert1515's suggestion for a USB soundcard is your most economical solution.
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Originally Posted by DigitalOverlord
Does anyone know if this will work on a E1705 and give 5.1 sound?
Again, I have an XPS2 not an E1705.
Double-click the volume icon on the taskbar.
Click the...
Creative do make a standalone decoder, the DDTS-100 for approx $150 if that helps.
I know the adapter works perfectly into my Videologic Digitheatre Platinum which has coax and optical inputs
Don't have M1710, have XPS2 but I think the adapter is the same, it looks like this
http://buysell.mypdacafe.com/upload_...909/cable1.gif
Plug on left goes in the s-video output socket. Black RCA socket on right goes to digital coaxial...
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Originally Posted by ricard2798
I have noticed those LEDs can be a pain. I bought an m1710 and on the back pannel LED, the red LED assembly did nto work. As a result half the range of colors on the back panel...
With the intel wifi card it was pot luck whether the wifi light stayed on or not.
With the Atheros card the wifi light shows network activity in the same way that the led in the ethernet connector does.
I personally like this activity...
