Digital audio to analog audio DAC on a PC?


Hi,

I have a 7.1 sound system and I'm trying to get my PC to convert a digital signal from a optical cable to a analog signal so it can be played through the sound system, however it seems I am having trouble getting it to work properly. I have all the speakers working fine with the conputer, but I don't know how to get the optical input to be converted over.

Any help on what I need to do this or cheap alternatives would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
t-robs66ce

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Thanks for helping Mark!

I've finally found a driver that allows me to route my sound through my motherboard, however I have run into another problem.

The sound that is being input though the optical cables is coming from a PlayStation3. If you're familiar with it, there is a menu which allows you to select to play music, a video, or a game. The meanu makes clicking noises, before you select a game to play it plays a sort of theme song of that game, and I get sound when I play videos I have downloaded, but when I try to play music or games I get no sound. At my parents house I had the sound hooked up to their reciever with the same optical cable and was getting all the sound I wanted, but for some reason with my PC I can't get sound when in games or playing music.

Is their any reason for this or possible solution to fixe this?