Hi all

I'm here for some advice, I have a Soundblaster Live 5.1 sound card and want to know if theres a device I can use to enable to add speakers/headphones via the front of my PC (just like the Live! Drive you get on the AUDIGY range).

The reason I ask is I was told Creative never released Live Drive for the 5.1!.

Thanx inadvance

yeah very easy way ... go buy a case with front sound .... mine cost 25€ / $ incl. shipping or there are thing like live drive not made by SB just check ebay .... you will find something like that there ..... in cheap and Xtreme expensive models ...

Its been awhile since i had a SBlive5.1, but mind did have a connector for a Live! drive on the rear of the card (it looks like an IDE connector for a hard drive).
you might find one used on EBAY.

buying a case like mertsch suggested is also another way to go.

or you can get a Hercules GameTheater series card. thats what i did, the External Deck is really awesome.
you can check this review
and get an idea what the cards like. This card stomps all over my old Live5.1 but its a tad expensive new.. i got mine from EBAY for about 50 bucks though.

oh the hercules also worked in Linux Mandrake for me.. so if your running linux it should work fine.