Hi Sean, I had the installation disks at hand but Windows went ahead and found the drivers automatically. When I wasn't able to hear anything through the soundcard, I went to its settings and checked for the latest version and got back the message that I already had them installed. So looks like Windows did the business! Thanks though for the suggestion. Anything else spring to mind? Darran ----- Original Message ----- From: Shaun O'Connor To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 2:49 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Looking for Help with a Soundcard and SPDIF Settings assuming there is driver software with the sound card have you installed that? it might be an idea to try reinstalling the drivers ( some drivers require installation prior to connection of the device they work with) On 06/04/2014 14:35, Darran Ross wrote: Hi List. I'm connecting an external soundcard to my PC so as I can make use of its SPDIF connection, and while I can see the device showing up in all the places you'd expect to see it, Playback and Recording devices for example, I can't get any audio through it. It shows up as being present, but being not ready. I'm at a bit of a loss as for what to try next. Can anyone suggest anything obvious I may have missed while installing this thing? So to summarise, I've got an optical connection between my Sky box and the external USB soundcard. The soundcard is appearing in Playback and Recording Devices in Windows 7, but with the "Not Ready" proviso. Thanks to anyone with advice on what to try. Darran