ST Lab 6 Channels 5.1 PCI Sound Card

Title : ST Lab 6 Channels 5.1 PCI Sound Card
ASIN : B000XQ0UT2
Description : Features & Specifications:

* Chipset: C-Media CMI8738/PCI-6ch-LX
* Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev. 2.1.
* PCI Plug and Play (PnP) bus interface. 32-bit PCI bus master.
* Full-duplex playback and recording. Built-in 16-bit CODEC.
* HRTF 3D positional audio, supporting both DirectSound 3D & A3D interfaces. Also supports earphones, 2/4/6 channel speakers mode.
* Built-in 32 OHM Earphone buffer.
* MPU-401 Game/Midi port and legacy audio SB Pro support.
* Downloadable Wave Table Synthesizer, supporting Direct Music.
* Stereo Mixer
Stereo analog mixing from CD-Audio and Line-in
Stereo digital mixing from Voice, FM/Wave-table, and Digital CD-Audio
Mono mixing from MIC. Software adjustable volume.
* Game and MIDI Interface
Fully compatible with MPU-401 Midi UART and Sound Blaster Midi mode/Standard IBM PC joystick/game port (dual channels)
* 5 Audio Jacks: Line-in, MIC, Rear-Out, Front-Out & Center/Sub-woofer-Out.
* Built-in dual analog/digital game port and MPU401 compatible UART.
* Supports Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and NT 4.0.
* CE & FCC Compliance. ***** Packaging:

* 1 x PCI sound card
* 1 x User Manual
* 1 x Driver CD
Features :

• Compatibility: Legacy audio Sound Blaster 16
• Connector: Line-In, MIC, Rear-Out, Front-Out, Center/Sub-woofer-Out and MPU-401 Game/Midi port
• Chipset: C-Media CMI8738/PCI-6ch-LX
• Special Functions: HRTF 3D positional audio, supporting both DirectSound 3D & A3D interfaces
• Color: Brown

category: Internal Sound Cards
brand: Ever Bright
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 4.4
Review : Works on windows 7
I purchased this card as the on-board audio on my old Asrock motherboard wouldn't work using my newly installed Windows 7. The audio card came with 'works with vista' on the box, so i didn't even bother trying the driver minidisc that came with the card. Instead l did a quick google using "CMI8738-LX windows 7 driver" as the search term and downloaded the latest drivers _PCI-8738-091211-7.12.8.1740(W7-RC-01). Installation was easy
1) enter system bios to disable the on-board audio, then switch off computer.
2) install pci audio card in a spare slot, then switch on computer.
3) Double click 'setup' file located in audio driver folder.
4) Drivers automatically installed and then followed prompt to restart computer.
Job done. I only use it for headphones and/or two speaker stereo but it works fine.