Audigy / Speakers Problem

Spudzzz · Jun 19, 2003, 02:04 AM

I have an Audigy gamer, with Creative 6.1 speakers. The sound is great (music, games), but my problem is that the left and right rear speakers are never active. The only time I've ever had sound out of those speakers is during the speaker test in Surround Mixer. I have the AC/3 Decode option selected.

Does anybody know what this could be? I generally use Winamp and Media Player for most everything.

Any help is appreciated.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jun 19, 2003, 03:12 AM

does it work on eax enabled games like lets UT? u might be not connecting the speakers correctly, when i had sb live and my 5.1 system here i had to keep the center ch plug off, you might have to keep ur rear center off also. im not exactly sure. do you get any sound wutsoever out of it when playing songs? also in winamp, goto preferences then plugins, look under output plugins for the direct sound, press configure, enable hard acceleration that gets the 5.1 working at least

RIV@NVX · Jun 19, 2003, 12:32 PM

Try installing Audigy2 drivers and applications (guide) and enable CMSS in EAX console. It should work now.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jun 19, 2003, 03:50 PM

yea do that, those drivers kickass. riva always knows best thats what i say! lol helped me out many times this man

Spudzzz · Jun 19, 2003, 04:15 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, guys, I'll give them a try tonight. It's interesting you mention the rear speaker. I know that I'll never get use of it, but I DO have it plugged in.

I have Raven Shield, and I remember an EAX option, but I never took note of whether the rear speakers were active after that. I'll fire it up today and check.

Here's an interesting little side-note. I have an ASUS A7N8X mobo, which has onboard audio. I disabled it on the assumption that the Audigy is a better device. But now I read that the onboard audio is 6-channel. It's a Realtek ALC650. Should I be going with this device instead? Or does the quality of the card have to do with a lot more than the number of channels?

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jun 19, 2003, 04:57 PM

6 channel is really 5.1 they mean i think. cause i really dont see any onboard sound which supports more than 5.1 and onboard sound blows even if its nforce. keep fooling around. those audigy 2 drivers kickass, my readme is posted there its not that hard now really to install but its a lot of files. but give ravenshield a try i know that has eax advanced HD and itll use the rear speakers when set in 5.1 mode in the surround mixer

Spudzzz · Jun 19, 2003, 05:26 PM

Ok, cool. Thanks!

Spudzzz · Jun 23, 2003, 04:52 PM

Well, the original problem is fixed, but unfortunately, I can't pinpoint what fixed it. I'm going to ask the most ridiculous question, but I really can't see it answered on the Audigy 2 installation instructions (or the FAQ):

Should I be uninstalling my Audigy drivers before running the Audigy2 pack?

I did, and it didn't work.

So anyway, I reinstalled the Audigy drivers and low and behold, my speaker problem was cleared up in Winamp!! But sometime between reboots, I also disconnected the 6th speaker. So I can't say for sure that the driver reinstall was the cure.

Anyhoo, I still want to install the Audigy2 drivers. Am I supposed to leave the old drivers installed, or do I have another problem to investigate?

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jun 23, 2003, 04:54 PM

absolutely rid your computer of creative audigy 1 drivers. then try it. it should work i havent done it in a long time. its not too hard im pretty sure. try again. maybe your doing a step wrong took me loads of times.

Spudzzz · Jun 23, 2003, 05:44 PM

I'm going to try that again tonight then. Is there a utility or tutorial anywhere (like Driver Cleaner) for cleaning audio drivers? I just do it through the add/remove programs...

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jun 23, 2003, 05:46 PM

yea jus do it through add/remove programs and delete the creative driver folders. thatll do it

Jun 19, 2003, 02:04 AM	#1
Spudzzz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Audigy / Speakers Problem I have an Audigy gamer, with Creative 6.1 speakers. The sound is great (music, games), but my problem is that the left and right rear speakers are never active. The only time I've ever had sound out of those speakers is during the speaker test in Surround Mixer. I have the AC/3 Decode option selected. Does anybody know what this could be? I generally use Winamp and Media Player for most everything. Any help is appreciated.

Jun 19, 2003, 03:12 AM	#2
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	does it work on eax enabled games like lets UT? u might be not connecting the speakers correctly, when i had sb live and my 5.1 system here i had to keep the center ch plug off, you might have to keep ur rear center off also. im not exactly sure. do you get any sound wutsoever out of it when playing songs? also in winamp, goto preferences then plugins, look under output plugins for the direct sound, press configure, enable hard acceleration that gets the 5.1 working at least __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Jun 19, 2003, 12:32 PM	#3
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Try installing Audigy2 drivers and applications (guide) and enable CMSS in EAX console. It should work now. __________________ -- Vedran

Jun 19, 2003, 03:50 PM	#4
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	yea do that, those drivers kickass. riva always knows best thats what i say! lol helped me out many times this man __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Jun 19, 2003, 04:57 PM	#6
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	6 channel is really 5.1 they mean i think. cause i really dont see any onboard sound which supports more than 5.1 and onboard sound blows even if its nforce. keep fooling around. those audigy 2 drivers kickass, my readme is posted there its not that hard now really to install but its a lot of files. but give ravenshield a try i know that has eax advanced HD and itll use the rear speakers when set in 5.1 mode in the surround mixer __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Jun 19, 2003, 04:15 PM	Thread Starter #5
Spudzzz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the suggestions, guys, I'll give them a try tonight. It's interesting you mention the rear speaker. I know that I'll never get use of it, but I DO have it plugged in. I have Raven Shield, and I remember an EAX option, but I never took note of whether the rear speakers were active after that. I'll fire it up today and check. Here's an interesting little side-note. I have an ASUS A7N8X mobo, which has onboard audio. I disabled it on the assumption that the Audigy is a better device. But now I read that the onboard audio is 6-channel. It's a Realtek ALC650. Should I be going with this device instead? Or does the quality of the card have to do with a lot more than the number of channels?

Jun 19, 2003, 05:26 PM	Thread Starter #7
Spudzzz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Ok, cool. Thanks!

Jun 23, 2003, 04:52 PM	Thread Starter #8
Spudzzz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Well, the original problem is fixed, but unfortunately, I can't pinpoint what fixed it. I'm going to ask the most ridiculous question, but I really can't see it answered on the Audigy 2 installation instructions (or the FAQ): Should I be uninstalling my Audigy drivers before running the Audigy2 pack? I did, and it didn't work. So anyway, I reinstalled the Audigy drivers and low and behold, my speaker problem was cleared up in Winamp!! But sometime between reboots, I also disconnected the 6th speaker. So I can't say for sure that the driver reinstall was the cure. Anyhoo, I still want to install the Audigy2 drivers. Am I supposed to leave the old drivers installed, or do I have another problem to investigate?

Jun 23, 2003, 04:54 PM	#9
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	absolutely rid your computer of creative audigy 1 drivers. then try it. it should work i havent done it in a long time. its not too hard im pretty sure. try again. maybe your doing a step wrong took me loads of times. __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Jun 23, 2003, 05:44 PM	Thread Starter #10
Spudzzz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	I'm going to try that again tonight then. Is there a utility or tutorial anywhere (like Driver Cleaner) for cleaning audio drivers? I just do it through the add/remove programs...

Jun 23, 2003, 05:46 PM	#11
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	yea jus do it through add/remove programs and delete the creative driver folders. thatll do it __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard