Need Help Please. Fortissimo 7.1 wont work in Windows XP

[hoa[X]]

Hey guys. I have a little problem. I just bought a Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1 Sound card. I also have an Iwill XP333 mobo. When I installed the card I set the jumper to disable the onboard sound, I downloaded the newest drivers (6.09) from Hercules' site and everything would install fine, and in device manager it would say that everything is working and the sound is set to go through the card but nothing is coming out. No system sounds, no Winamp, nothing comes out. So I go to www.windowsupdate.com with the card installed and I see there is a patch for the card. So I download the patch, install it and reboot. Still no sound. I dont know what to do, i have almost given up. I am running WinXP Pro with no SP1 and like I said before an IwillXP333 motherboard that I cant seem to find any conflicts about with the card on the net. If you could help me out, thatd be great. Thanks for everything.

[Incognitotj]

I too have that audio card - nice. First how are you outputting the sound from the card. (ie. I am using the optical out to a surround sound home reciever) In the Gamesurround Fortismo icon in the taskbar, I was having some major issues. I finally found that I needed just the main outputs and maximum 3d acceleration checked in the "other" tab. When you look at the EQ tab, does it show that it is playing anything? Another quirk on the way I have this set up is that "wave" controls the volume. Check in the mixer to make sure everything is maxed. On the main tab, the master volume doesn't affect anything on my system. Hope this helps, Incog

[hoa[X]]

thanks for your help, ill reinstall the card now and see what happens, im using the front speaker output on the card and connecting it to a receiver for the time being, i was going to get the optical cable but the card wouldnt work so i kind of held back on it. ill try that now, everything seems to work except sound coming out, every part of windows says its working fine but ill check the mixer again, thanks for the help


also, are you running windows xp without the service pack 1?

[hoa[X]]

wow, im an iddiot, i figured out that i was plugging the rca jack into the wrong spot on the card, this landmarks the stupidest thing ive done wrong with somputers, thanks for your help though Incognito, you gave me the idea to try installing the card again, right before i put it in the case i looked at the outputs and realized i was puttin the cabel into the wrong jack. Thanks again guys, card sounds good, tomorow i go to get an optical cable and see what digital sound is like.

[Incognitotj]

I've done that too hoa[x], with all those damn outputs it's bound to happen. That's why I went to the optical... much easier as it won't fit anywhere else *lol*

I'm running xp home with the service pack (*love my cable modem*)

Incog

[slinky]

im plannin on gettin the fortissimo 7.1 for my next build, primarily because of the optical out and the attractive price...

no major complaints right?

[Incognitotj]

none here for quality... The configuration / tabs are slightly confusing as you can see from my above posts. It took me about 1/2 hr to get it configured the way I wanted. I wouldn't even bother with the driver cd... just download the current driver's b4 installing the card.

Incog

[hoa[X]]

yea so far everything sounds great, you can really feel an oomph with the digital sound. i have it hooked up to a Kenwood home theater system with a passive subwoofer, but like I said, the digital sound has really given the subwoofer a kick it did not have before, clearer highs. Everything sounds great. I am really happy with it