Hey I just got a home theatre system and hooked it up to my computer. As my computer was, it wasn't going to connect so I got a rocketfish 5.1 surround sound card (the name of it is similar to that), and I hooked it up as just normal stereo, left right and subwoofer. Now when I listen to any audio (in a movie or music files) the audio keeps skipping at random time (sometimes it takes a couple minutes, others it takes 2 seconds from the last skip). I figured this was driver issues at first so i reinstalled all of the stuff for it. I got a warning saying it hadn't been tested on Windows XP yet so my best guess is that it sadly enough isn't fully compatible with windows xp. I also checked device manager to make sure it was the only sound card installed and was set as the default device for it, which it was. Anyone know a way to fix this other than upgrading my OS (I'll be upgrading to windows 7 after the holidays)?
That is a terrible card; even if you get it working I think you would be better off with onboard audio. You should not use anything from the CD that came with it; those drivers are beta drivers; and the final drivers hardly work. Try the drivers from this page: http://www.rocketfishproducts.com/pc-171-3-rocketfish-51-channel-pci-sound-card.aspx You must install the drivers from safe mode because they are so poorly writen that this is the only way windows will take them. Also note that it is likely (~50%) that once you install the drivers, windows will refuse to start. If this happens, just remove the card and windows should boot fine. Also note that this card has been known to have serious problems with Windows 7...the new drivers might have fixed this, but I doubt it considering that they still have not gotten the XP drivers working correctly. Those SOBs at bestbuy should be castrated for carrying such junk parts.
