Multiple CD/DVD drive connections to soundcard
 

Another question for the techies out there -
I currently have two DVD drives in my PC. The original drive was connected to my soundcard (Soundblaster Live 5.1 Digital) via a digital CD audio cable. The card has 4 sockets labelled as TAD, CD IN, AUX IN, and CD SPDIF. I've tried to connect the second drive now to the card via an additional analogue cable, and have tried both CD IN and AUX IN sockets but no sound is produced from this drive.

Is it possible to have both drives connected, if so how can I get this working?

Re: Multiple CD/DVD drive connections to soundcard
 

You should be able to connect both drives. The connection on the back of the DVD drive is the important one (There are normally two connectors) - one is specifically for SPDIF and the other for normal CD.

What makes of drives do you have?

Re: Multiple CD/DVD drive connections to soundcard
 

Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R1202 (connected via digital cable to CD SPDIF)
Matsh*ta DVD-RAM SW-9581

Damn you swear filter.

Re: Multiple CD/DVD drive connections to soundcard
 

Stupid question, but have you made sure the volume is up for the channels you are trying?

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both my dvd drives are not connected to the sound card it picks up thru the ide cable

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I have two drives, one to CD-In, one to Aux In - If you can't see the required controls in the mixer, go to the mixer settings and enable the controls, then play something and try the level, and be sure it's not muted.