Diamond Xtremesound 5.1 on Windows 8 driver problems

desyphur1

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Dec 27, 2012
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Bought this card from my nearby Best Buy and haven't had much luck getting it to work fully and correctly in my Windows 8 PC.

I've disabled my previous onboard audio (which was fried), installed teh drivers, uninstalled them, installed them again, and I still can't get it to detect either my microphone or my speakers, or fully install the mixer software. I just get a 'cmeauPCI.ico' shortcut in my control panel that's entirely unusable.

If I install the drivers and DON'T restart, I can get it to read my speakers, at least, and play sound, but once I restart I even lose that. Any ideas on how to get this card fully working on a Win 8 pc?