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Troubleshooting and FAQs B-5
v. Double-click the DVD/CD-ROM drives icon.
Your computer drives will appear.
vi. Right-click the disk drive icon. A menu will appear.
vii.Click Properties.
viii.In the Digital CD Playback box of the next dialog box, click the Enable digital CD audio for
this CD-ROM device check box to select it.
Panning a source sometimes turns off its sound.
This occurs when you are in the Digital Output Only mode and the source’s left-right balance in a software
mixer application other than Creative Surround Mixer (for example, the Windows Volume Control
application) is at the opposite end compared to the position to which you have panned the source in the
Basic tab of Creative Surround Mixer. For example, the CD Audio balance in Windows Volume Control
is on the left but in Creative Surround Mixer you have panned the CD Audio to the right.
To solve this problem:
Open that other mixer, and center the balances for all the audio input sources.
This ensures that your analog sources will not turn silent when you pan them in Creative Surround Mixer.
Problems with
File Transfers on
Some VIA
Chipset
Motherboards
After you install the Audigy 2 card on a VIA chipset motherboard, you may have the slight chance of
seeing one of the following:
When transferring large amounts of data, the computer stops responding (‘hangs’) or restarts
itself, OR
Files transferred from another drive are incomplete or corrupted.
These problems appear in a small number of computers, which contain the VIA VT82C686B controller
chipset on their motherboards.
To verify if your motherboard has the VT82C686B chipset:
❑ Refer to your computer or motherboard manual, or