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Old July 9th, 2004, 04:27 AM
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RE: 5.1 Card only plays 2.1 sound!!!!!
Hi everyone,

Today i purchased a Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 card. And a little F*C#KING pissed off, because I'm only getting 2.1 speaker response. I'm using a Speed SPS-501 Speaker System, 3x new 3.5mm Line-Out Audio Cables. Any Ideas. Thanks in advance.

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Intel Pentium III 800Mhz (133Mhz FSB, 256K L2)
192MB SD-RAM (3x 64MB 100Mhz FSB)
AOpen AX3S Pro (Intel 815 Chipset)
Maxtor 40Gb (7200rpm, ATA/133)
Windows XP Professional w/ Service Pack 1a

PS: Recently my PC general has been a bit of a bitch, Firewall and/or anti-virus not starting up on boot, Internet Explorer settings changed...etc. possibly a virus, changing my settings)

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Old July 9th, 2004, 06:49 PM
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Try this:

Goto Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio devices -> Volume -> Advanced -> Speakers -> Speaker setup -> 5.1 Surround sound speakers.
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Old July 10th, 2004, 08:35 AM
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Hey m8,

tried that, I formated my HDD and re-installed WinXP, im now only getting 4.1 in Windows, MP3s and DVDs, but i am getting 5.1 in games, although im getting alot more sound from my Centre speaker, than the other channels.

I'll prob work it out, but ne ideas ne way?
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Look in the settings for each individual media player you use. They may have to be set up individually to make use of the 5.1.
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Windows Media Player's Speaker config is set in the Control Panel > Sound Speech and Audio Devices. It's Set To "Surround 5.1", but Im still only getting 4.1, and more volume from my centre speaker than others. I think this motherboard is on its last legs, alot of things are starting to fault on it. I'll try it when i get my other system up, if i ever do........

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