SABRENT SBT-SP6C 5.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

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3.4
TOP FAVORABLE REVIEW
good sound card for budget guy

cheap and good sound. useful for normal daily use.

drivers installation is tricky.
the cd has all the drivers except 1 or 2 (PCI joystick driver missing). for that you need to go to CMEDIA website.

Today I got this card from new egg. I will explain some of my steps to install drivers.

1) after installing the card in PCI slot, power on the computer.
Winx-xp detects new hardware found. promts to load drivers with a dialogbox. simply cancel that dialog.
2) insert mini driver CD. go to win-xp folder, and double click
"setup". It will automatically load all the drivers (except 1 or 2). and you need to reboot the sytem. After rebooting , still computer prompts that new hardware found. to solve this problem , follow these steps.
3) go to CMEDIA website for downloading driver.
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/?q=en/driver
select /PCIAudio/CMI8738/win-xp
save it in a folder.
4) go to /devicemanager/audio/fm801-pci joystic controller ----
right click and select update driver. instead of searching CD, point it to saved driver folder from cmedia.

done..good to go..hope these steps helps you...

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VS
TOP CRITICAL REVIEW
Works with the right OS

Inexpensive. Easy installation and worked reliably on Windows XP 32 bit.

See comments under "other thoughts".
Wouldn't install on 64 bit Windows 7. Sabrent's support page says there is no support for 64 bit Windows 7. Had I known that, I wouldn't have bought this card. Driver "solution" on Sabrent's support page doesn't work- Vista drivers begin to install but do not complete. After Vista "install", sound card appears in Device Manager, but it is not functional.

The product's box specifically states "Windows 7 compatible". It does not differentiate whether this is 32 bit or 64 bit. It also states "Windows XP compatible", and in this case, supports both 32 bit and 64 bit XP.

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Features & Details

  • 5.1 Channels
  • PCI Interface

Specifications

Model
BrandSABRENT
ModelSBT-SP6C
Audio core
Audio ChipsetCMEDIA CMI8738
Channels5.1
Ports
Line InYes
Line OutFront/Rear/Center/LFE
MIC InYes
MIDI/JoystickYes
CD/Aux InYes
Details
InterfacePCI
Operating Systems SupportedWindows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, Windows NT4.0. DOS or Linux
System RequirementsWindows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, Windows NT4.0. DOS or Linux Intel architecture CPU with MMX instruction set 133 MHz CPU or above (recommended) 32MB system memory 100MB available HDD space
Features
Features6-Channel PCI 3D Sound Card Provides audio fidelity that rivals movie theaters with 5.1-ch digital sound. Customize Internet audio with the power and surround sound of EAX audio technologies. Enjoy compelling 3D audio and 5.1 sound on multiple speakers series. 6 channel DAC for AC3 5.1 channel purpose 32bit PCI Bus Master, PCI 2.1 / PCI 2.2 compliant HRTF-base 3D positional audio, supporting DirectSoundTM3D, EAX and A3D interface Karaoke system enabled Supports multi-speaker output to 2 / 2.1 / 4 / 4.1 / 5.1 speakers Support EAXTM, Karaoke key, Echo sound effects High Performance Dual Game Port MPU401 compatible MIDI interface & GM Comply with Microsoft PC99 specification DLS-base Wavetable music synthesizer Fully Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro compatible and Direct Sound compatible Connector Front-Out, Rear-Out, Center & LFE, Line-In, MIC-In and Game/MIDI port
Package Contents
Package ContentsSBT-SP6C Sound Card Driver Disk
Additional Information
First Listed on NeweggNovember 22, 2004
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