Grabbed an Audiophile 2496 to run on a seperate instance of GIga Comp I was making. I did not get around to building the comp until last week---I had bought the card 9 months earlier, LOL!
I pluged it all in and the SPDIF out of the breakout cable was shorted out. It was one of those dipped in plastic cables you cant re-solder yourself.
I called Sweetwater and explained. They called MAudio. They drop shipped a replacement cable, free, fast, no questions asked.