Vista with surround sound

Silver1986 · 02-07-2007, 01:22 PM

I bought a Creative labs surround sound system for my pc a few months back and it ran like a lovely lil beast in xp but when i got vista yesterday it only recognised my 2 speakers and subwoofer obviously i know all speakers work cos they were fine before i put it on, i set the controls on vista's sound and put it to 5.1 surround sound and yet when i tested it it just still came out of two speakers and my subwoofer. anyone know what i can do with this minor problem

**kodi** · 02-07-2007, 01:45 PM

Download the latest drivers from creative for Vista, there was a problem with beta releases of vista but Creative have now solved the problems

Silver1986 · 02-07-2007, 01:47 PM

its just the speakers tho unless i need a new realtek driver for it???? what do you think

Silver1986 · 02-08-2007, 01:23 PM

I have found the update for the music problem for vista as i am using realtek i went to there site and due to the site being so busy it took me an hour but it installed and it was fine, i had to change my environment to "room" to make them all work and it is now working fine

RODGEK · 02-22-2007, 01:48 AM

I also having problems with the sound on my new ROCK SL Pro and it seems like it has picked up a AC97 driver and just will not install the new High def sound driver, do i have to remove the deices or something as when i try to install the new Realtek High Def driver , Vista will not let me install it.

Any idead guys?????

Silver1986 · 03-05-2007, 03:57 PM

well head on down to the realteks website search through google then once installed go to environment then click room therefor all your sound will work perfect

beedude · 07-12-2008, 05:19 PM

Vista does not support true 7.1 or 5.1 surround sound and is not compatible with other media apps like Adobe. This set up is psuedo surround and not up to Dolbly of DTS specs.

I got rid of my Vista system and got a Mac which is supported better my most software apps and it makes for a very robust media system.

02-07-2007, 01:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Silver1986 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: England Posts: 7 OS: Vista	Vista with surround sound I bought a Creative labs surround sound system for my pc a few months back and it ran like a lovely lil beast in xp but when i got vista yesterday it only recognised my 2 speakers and subwoofer obviously i know all speakers work cos they were fine before i put it on, i set the controls on vista's sound and put it to 5.1 surround sound and yet when i tested it it just still came out of two speakers and my subwoofer. anyone know what i can do with this minor problem

02-07-2007, 01:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 6,524 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate, XP Professional My System	Download the latest drivers from creative for Vista, there was a problem with beta releases of vista but Creative have now solved the problems __________________ Brian

02-07-2007, 01:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Silver1986 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: England Posts: 7 OS: Vista	vista its just the speakers tho unless i need a new realtek driver for it???? what do you think

02-08-2007, 01:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Silver1986 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: England Posts: 7 OS: Vista	Vista fixed sound I have found the update for the music problem for vista as i am using realtek i went to there site and due to the site being so busy it took me an hour but it installed and it was fine, i had to change my environment to "room" to make them all work and it is now working fine

03-05-2007, 03:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Silver1986 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: England Posts: 7 OS: Vista	vista sound well head on down to the realteks website search through google then once installed go to environment then click room therefor all your sound will work perfect

02-22-2007, 01:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
RODGEK Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 OS: VISTA	I also having problems with the sound on my new ROCK SL Pro and it seems like it has picked up a AC97 driver and just will not install the new High def sound driver, do i have to remove the deices or something as when i try to install the new Realtek High Def driver , Vista will not let me install it. Any idead guys?????

07-12-2008, 05:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
beedude Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Vista	Re: Vista with surround sound Vista does not support true 7.1 or 5.1 surround sound and is not compatible with other media apps like Adobe. This set up is psuedo surround and not up to Dolbly of DTS specs. I got rid of my Vista system and got a Mac which is supported better my most software apps and it makes for a very robust media system.