X-FI I/O question

[janitor53]

I have the X-Fi fatality card and it has the I/O 5.25 bay. I've never been able to get this bay to work, is there something special that needs to be done? Does it have to have software installed to make it work? I must be missing some step here but I can't figure out what I did wrong as I followed the install guide to the letter.
thanks.

 

[SlasherDNA]

you did connect the panel to your soundcard and to power supply unit, right?
only thing i got with my platinum x-fi is the driver cd, and it works fine.