[moches]

Hi,

The two speakers from my original 5.1 set has finally died, and I replaced them with a new 2.1 set. My on-board sound card has 5 ports but my new 2.1 speakers only have one plug. I don't know which port to use - front, rear, center, etc.? The only plug that produces sound is the one for the rear speaker, but there is no sound when I'm trying to view online media. Everything worked fine with my old speakers. Anyone?

Thank you.

 

[Pauldo]

What is your onboard audio and what are the speakers?

Thanks

Pauldo

 

[moches]

I'm using a MSI K8N neo2 mobo ( I think Realtek AC97) and Bose companion 3 series II.

 

[Pauldo]

Have you gone into the Realtek audio manager and set the speakers to 2CH Speaker?

You find this under the Audio I/O tab and it is a drop-down box.

Then plug your cable into the green port on the back of your computer.

Pauldo

 

[moches]

Paul,

Thanks for the help. I got the speakers to work, but I bought a new sound card. Now I can't get any sound when I'm using my TV tuner card. I made sure to connect the audio cable from the TV tuner card to the audio card and reinstalled both drivers. Did I miss anything?

Thank you.

 

[Pauldo]

Great that you got the speakers working! It is unfortunate that onboard audio can be a pain sometimes.

In what order did you re-install the drivers and did you remove them first? Try installing Tuner Card first, then the audio card if you haven't already. Also, it might be important to uninstall via the Device Manager (particularly with the audio card) than remove the software via Add/Remove Software (again, if you haven't done this already).

If that doesn't work, it might help to know what tuner card and what audio card you have.

Pauldo