I have an older Dell XPS 410 and I believe it has a SIGMA TEL AUDIO card? and I would like to connect the Dell to my stereo ( for now 5.1 is okay ). Currently I am using a mini rca to a "y" to rca to get sound. The back of the Dell has a SPDIF output and my stereo has several spdif inputs. I hooked up an optical cable between the to and nothing neither video nor audio. Is it possible the card does not support digital considering the computer is pushing 10 years old? I read that unless you switch the output of the card to digital you will get nothing. What is a good solution a better sound card ( will my Dell accept a newer card ) or should I leave everything the way it is?
Norman
Norman