I just installed an old Diamond Monster sound 3d card (Aureal 8330?) I had lying around in the workshop. It works a treat, I am amazed. It was detected and setup on the first boot, and works perfectly. Even the mixer has the 3d controls. MP3's sound amazing and games now work that didn't before. I'm wondering if the onboard sound cards (which I was using previously) are the problem. I love my FC2 :D Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com