Ok, so I finally bought some nice new speakers for my computer so I can listen to my music in all it's glory.. it's a 5 speaker surround sound set, (2 front, 2 rear, & subwoofer). Now, it's all set up properly, and I have everything hooked up, but only the 2 front and the SW actually work.
Is this something to do with my sound card? I've never actually had to worry about it, so I haven't the slightest idea about it. But I'm guessing it's not surround-sound compatible.. which of course I didn't think about BEFORE buying the speakers, but such is life.
Anyway, is this the most likely reason for the situation, or is there possibly something else I overlooked? I can provide computer specifics, just let me know what you need (and I have no idea where to find info about my sound card.. I'm retarded, I know. =o)
wait for krell... he is the audio god
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I had a problem like that.I bought Klipsch promedia 4.1 speakers and the 2 rear speakers were not working .I had to change the settings of my sound card from 2 speaker setup to 4 speaker setup.So u can try the same thing to see if ti works.
heh heh whats up girl?
What do you think those rear speakers run on, magic dust? : )
They need to get the signal from some where, and thats either another connector on the main set, or the rear sp connector on the sound card.
Some powered speaker systems, will have all the amplifier built in to one area, and from there, you have the front, rear, and sub.
Other systems have a true surround, which is decoded by the Sound Card, so that the REAR channel, is truely the Dolby rear channel. If thats the case, then your rear speakers must be plugged in to the proper sound card OUTPUT.
1) check the OUTPUTS on your computers Sound Card, you may not have the Rear ones in the proper place. Do you have a jack on the sound card that is black?
2) DO check the 4 speaker setup under the Sound properties in Control Panel and see if that turns them on.
3) If you DO HAVE the speakers plugged in to the proper place, and have selected the 4 sp setup, it still MAY NOT be active. On some sound cards you may need to install the appropriate software, not just the basic drivers, to get the RR channel to work.
With music playing, unplug the line to your Main Speakers, (on your sound card) and plug them in to the RR channel. If music does not come out, then it is not active, plug it back in till music resumes.
3) if this does not produce results, use the Aida32 util (I KNOW you must have it) to tell me what your sound card brand and model is. Also, is there any chance that you still have the CD that came with it?
Wow you are smart Krell!!!
Going off on a contingent here (as my illiterate "humanities" prof used2 say)
Can you tell me please what would cause Mom's second-hand pc to play mp3s just great but when you put a regular cd in it goes woop woop woop in the background
like vibrating volume rhythymically like along the lines of
O say CAN you SEE by THE dawn's EARly LIGHT
Hey there! I'm doing pretty good. =o)
Yes, everything is definitely plugged in where it's supposed to be... I just checked the Sound Properties now, and it's set to the Surround Sound option. I also have SoundMAX, and that will not give the option to check anything more than a 2 speaker setup, or headphones.
The sound card is the one that came with the computer when I bought it.. so it was all pre-installed for me.. I don't have a CD for it. =o/
My best option seems to be leaning toward buying a new one, isn't it? *lol*
Oh, and I have the Aida32 program, but it doesn't want to work for me... =o(
My soundcard died today!
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KazaaLite...(K++)
PTC client(Bittorrent)
Emule(plus mod)
Packetseek(IRC)
*makes weird nyehhh sounds*
That IS a mystery, as an MP3 has to be decompressed, which takes more cpu usage and resources. However, the CD player has to use the IDE bus, and also send info from a buffer on the player itself. If the CD Player has a mechanical problem that prevents that buffer from remaining full, such as a dirty or scratched CD, or drive moter malfunction, then I can see where the signal to the sound card will be intermittant, but not just up and down in volume. Does the CD player appear to change rpm and spin up and down also?
The sound card requires and IRQ, and the drivers require a memory space, that "could be" shared by another device, and they are battling it out. This is more common in a W95, W98 environment.
You might try the Aida32 util to see what those settings are, or use the System Information
System Information - Microsoft wants this to the be starting point for troubleshooting. You can launch other utilities from SI by going to its TOOLS dropdown menu. SI gives you a very complete summary of your system configuration; in terms of hardware resources and software installed drivers. It even tracks when you've change a driver. Start SI by running MSINFO32.EXE.
System Config Utility - This may be the best troubleshooting tool Microsoft gave to support people. Want a user to switch to standard 640x480x16 colors video mode? No need to walk the user through the tedious steps of going into display properties / settings / etc. Just check a box in SCU and you're done! Likewise for editing your SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI and Startup folder. Just check and uncheck boxes. Very cool. Start SI by running MSCONFIG.EXE
Look under Hardware > IRQ, and Problem Devices
Also, make sure that DMA is enabled on that machine, as it will affect BUS performance.
YOURE JINXED !
lol ok, now take a deep breath . . . what c a n you tell me about it? What is the comp make and model?
And how on earth is Aida32 NOT working for you? Sweety, if you can break that, I'm scared.
Look in Control Panel, under the Sound properties, it says to use " " device? What does that say to use?
Throw me a bone here k?
Thanks I will look for conflicting IRQs and if DMA is on when I am over there, yes it is w98, I am been leaning in the same direction as jlee in terms of just swapping out the card and seeing if that helps
hey tremaine try selling your broken thing to my mom everyone else does
*rolls on floor laughing*
I had to read that twice
btw, watch Most Extreme Eliminating Challenge for a good laugh
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