Tom's Guide > Forum > Windows Vista > Vista General Discussion > Sound Issue (possibly driver)
Sound Issue (possibly driver) - Windows Vista
TomsGuide.com: Over 800,000 questions and answers to address all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Rayko   07-28-2008 at 08:28:27 PM

Hello guys

Got my new gaming PC yesterday and so far everything went smooth. It's running a Vista Ultimate 64bit
Now I do have a problem with my 5.1 surround sound! Only my 2 front speakes and subwoofer actually work... (thus the center speaker and both rear speakers don't) I've checked the Configuration Wizard for "Speakers" several times, and during that wizard all 5 speakers and the woofer work!
I've checked the driver several times, it's a Realtek ALC1200 chipset on a PQ5 Pro motherboard

anyone know a possible fix for this please?

thanks in advance!

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
notherdude   07-28-2008 at 09:21:05 PM
- 0 +

What brand/model is your speaker system? I had same issue with an older Creative Soundworks?system but my newer Logitech works great.

------------------------------ tehhardpro wrote :


notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
Reply to notherdude
Rayko   07-28-2008 at 10:30:17 PM
- 0 +

Creative A500, but it's obviously not the speaker problem... as they work fine during the configuration test

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to Rayko
notherdude   07-28-2008 at 10:53:42 PM
- 0 +

Rayko wrote :

Creative A500, but it's obviously not the speaker problem... as they work fine during the configuration test



My Creatives did the exact same thing, they worked during the test, all speakers front and rear, but I could never get anything out of the rear during games or music. They worked in XP, IIRC, though it's foggy now. I never got to the bottom of it. These speakers I had dated back to mid nineties and didn't do 5.1 - just 4 satellites and a sub. As soon as I hooked up the new Logitechs everything worked great. I could have been doing something wrong I guess. I only mention this because like yours mine worked during the sound card test utility but not elsewhere.


Message edited by notherdude on 07-28-2008 at 10:55:55 PM
------------------------------ tehhardpro wrote :


notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
Reply to notherdude
Rayko   07-29-2008 at 01:05:20 PM
- 0 +

strange thing huh... also, they worked fine when I was using XP

Reply to Rayko
Scotteq   07-29-2008 at 02:30:51 PM
- 0 +

Microsoft changed how sound works in Vista, and many makers (Creative being the biggest offender/example) havne't bothered to write proper drivers for their stuff. Arguably because they want you to buy new cards, but it could simply be incompetence...

You can try:
Realtec: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/S [...] 5591.shtml

------------------------------ Being requested to remove my siggy implying some people here would receive greater personal benefit from a local Prostitute than from a new GPU in no way, shape, or form changes the aforementioned opinion.
 Reply to Scotteq
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Guide > Forum > Windows Vista > Vista General Discussion > Sound Issue (possibly driver)
Go to:

There are 3 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.738 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Google ads