5.1 Speaker problem

Revrant · 10-29-2009, 09:47 PM

I just woke up today to this strange issue with my sound, I tried restarting, checking the connections, reinstalling my drivers clean, I can't figure out what's wrong.

Basically the bass seems mellowed out and everything is being forced through the center speaker, the other four aren't producing good sound, I've used my sound card features to cancel out the center and the rest sound garbled, the center can still be heard even after cancelling.

Changing the settings doesn't appear to work, I did everything I can think to do, I checked the topic and everything appeared fine there, and I did everything but take the soundcard out and put it back in.

I'm pretty lost with this, worked on computers most of my life and I can't figure out what it could be, tell me any information you need and I'll get it, thanks.

Revrant · 10-30-2009, 12:41 PM

Uhm, disregard this? I went to sleep with it still broken, woke up, and now it's working fine.

No idea what the hell happened but it appears to have resolved itself.

Revrant · 10-31-2009, 10:24 AM

Yeah scratch that, it's back and in full force, worse than before, it seems to be corrupting all sound except Windows Media Player and my messengers, which come through as they should.

Even clicking on a folder where you'd normally get that nice clean "click", it sounds like a tiny snip noise, because it isn't coming through correctly.

Dogg · 10-31-2009, 10:56 AM

Uninstall any software/drivers for your sound card using Add and Remove Programs, reboot, then reinstall the software/drivers.

Revrant · 10-31-2009, 11:22 AM

Already did the drivers, I'll try the one thing I have for software, AC3Filter.

Revrant · 10-31-2009, 11:42 AM

Realized I also had DivX stuff, uninstalled everything I saw and restarted, nothing, still happening.

Revrant · 11-06-2009, 01:44 PM

No more advice here?

Dogg · 11-06-2009, 03:37 PM

By software, I meant sound card related software, such as the Creative software used by Creative cards. It is sometimes separate, but is often tied to the driver package.

If the sound card software isn't having any affect on the sound from the speakers, then it's also possible the speaker system has failed (ie: amplifier). Test them on another computer.

Revrant · 11-06-2009, 04:12 PM

Yeah, already did that, and all optional third party software too.

I'll try them on the other computer when I get the chance, or try different speakers on these, thanks.

10-29-2009, 09:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Revrant Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 OS: XP SP3	5.1 Speaker problem I just woke up today to this strange issue with my sound, I tried restarting, checking the connections, reinstalling my drivers clean, I can't figure out what's wrong. Basically the bass seems mellowed out and everything is being forced through the center speaker, the other four aren't producing good sound, I've used my sound card features to cancel out the center and the rest sound garbled, the center can still be heard even after cancelling. Changing the settings doesn't appear to work, I did everything I can think to do, I checked the topic and everything appeared fine there, and I did everything but take the soundcard out and put it back in. I'm pretty lost with this, worked on computers most of my life and I can't figure out what it could be, tell me any information you need and I'll get it, thanks.

10-30-2009, 12:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Revrant Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 OS: XP SP3	Re: 5.1 Speaker problem Uhm, disregard this? I went to sleep with it still broken, woke up, and now it's working fine. No idea what the hell happened but it appears to have resolved itself.

10-31-2009, 10:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Revrant Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 OS: XP SP3	Re: 5.1 Speaker problem Yeah scratch that, it's back and in full force, worse than before, it seems to be corrupting all sound except Windows Media Player and my messengers, which come through as they should. Even clicking on a folder where you'd normally get that nice clean "click", it sounds like a tiny snip noise, because it isn't coming through correctly.

10-31-2009, 10:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: 5.1 Speaker problem Uninstall any software/drivers for your sound card using Add and Remove Programs, reboot, then reinstall the software/drivers. __________________ Google is your friend !

10-31-2009, 11:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Revrant Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 OS: XP SP3	Re: 5.1 Speaker problem Already did the drivers, I'll try the one thing I have for software, AC3Filter.

10-31-2009, 11:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Revrant Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 OS: XP SP3	Re: 5.1 Speaker problem Realized I also had DivX stuff, uninstalled everything I saw and restarted, nothing, still happening.

11-06-2009, 01:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Revrant Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 OS: XP SP3	Re: 5.1 Speaker problem No more advice here?

11-06-2009, 03:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: 5.1 Speaker problem By software, I meant sound card related software, such as the Creative software used by Creative cards. It is sometimes separate, but is often tied to the driver package. If the sound card software isn't having any affect on the sound from the speakers, then it's also possible the speaker system has failed (ie: amplifier). Test them on another computer. __________________ Google is your friend !

11-06-2009, 04:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
Revrant Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 OS: XP SP3	Re: 5.1 Speaker problem Yeah, already did that, and all optional third party software too. I'll try them on the other computer when I get the chance, or try different speakers on these, thanks.