help!no rear sound in new audigy!

LeChuCk · Oct 19, 2003, 06:51 PM

hey guys i am in a fix here..i recently bought the new creative audigy2 zs sound card and guess what....i can't get my altec lansing ada885 rear speakers to sound!!i tried to diagnose on my audigy card n everything's fine...when i tested on my speakers(noise thru speakers not soundcard) my rear's all right too!!!couldn't be my rear cables, can it??coz i put the front speaker cables into the rear port in the audigy n the rears came out ok..but when i put the rear cable into the rear port...no sound at all!!!any other ideas??i am stumped!!!

i setup everything perfectly from the sound card n speaker installation manual...and oh yeah...my speakers were fine with my old audigy DE SE..thanks for replying

DSLHunTa · Oct 22, 2003, 09:11 AM

Well I also have the problems of the rear speakers not working. I get both front and rear sounds coming through the front speakers and nothing from the back. I'm usind the hacked audigy 2 zs drivers on an audigy 1. I used to have this problem using the regular audigy drivers, but I forgot how I fixed it. I have tried enabling CMSS in the EAX console and re-installing. I tried setting the speaker settings to quadraphonic and surround sound, with no success. Can anyone help us out?

RIV@NVX · Oct 22, 2003, 11:15 AM

So, speaker test doesn't bring anything?

I had this problem once - I fixed it by adjusting Rear-Front balance on my speakers.

LeChuCk · Oct 22, 2003, 03:25 PM

whew..at last a reply!!ok here's what i found...no rear speaker sound during speaker test but got sound during music, movie and games playback!!!i think it's something to do with the software coz speaker test is also ok...raised the rear speaker volume to max also no difference...weird eh??DSL...do u have sound from rear during games or movie playback???

DSLHunTa · Oct 22, 2003, 05:31 PM

I only get sounds coming from the front speakers. NO sound from the rear speakers during games or movies. When I run the speaker tests, both front and rear sounds comes from the front speakers.

RIV@NVX · Oct 22, 2003, 08:35 PM

Could this be a driver bug?

I am not sure what to do, because this whole issue is really weird...

DSLHunTa · Oct 22, 2003, 09:31 PM

I have gotten this issue at one point or another with all the creative cards from SB Live and up. This is my last Creative card, I'm sick of paying for a 4.1 speaker system and only able to use 2 of the speakers.

Necrosis · Oct 23, 2003, 12:17 AM

Do you guys have the synchronize with control panel box checked? It seems this a "bug" indeed, since speakers work when you test them and the rear channels disappear when you reboot. If you unhook them, and hook them back in it seems to fix it "sometimes".

LeChuCk · Oct 23, 2003, 04:10 AM

dls....i guess i was luckier than u considering the fact that i have rear sounds in games,movies n music...however i do get the same bug as you 'sometimes' when my front produces the front sound n also the rear sounds...very very weird...my last audigy de se was oke so no complains...i haven't tried installing it with just drivers n no frills yet y don't u test it out?

necro..i tried it with the synchronize checked n also unchecked!!no difference!!!yeah...at times my rear will suddenly 'work' then it will die after that...weird...

lightbg · Oct 23, 2003, 09:07 PM

I have the same problem but only in DolbyDigital content, games and music are OK.Tried software decoders and hardware decoder of my Audigy2 - nothing.Spoke with Creatives support - they told me that it's because i have audigy2 OEM, not retail.I think thats bullshit.

DSLHunTa · Oct 25, 2003, 02:49 AM

Just a short update. Now after an attempt at a clean install of the drivers, now I get front and rear sounds coming from the rear speakers and not the front speakers. An exact oppositve of what was happening before. This creative audigy thing is driving me mad. Anyone know the best way to clean out the old creative drivers and install the new ones?

Malus · Oct 25, 2003, 05:37 AM

Have you tried using DriverCleaner?

LeChuCk · Oct 25, 2003, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DSLHunTa
Just a short update. Now after an attempt at a clean install of the drivers, now I get front and rear sounds coming from the rear speakers and not the front speakers. An exact oppositve of what was happening before. This creative audigy thing is driving me mad. Anyone know the best way to clean out the old creative drivers and install the new ones?

uninstall the drivers, delete all creative folders and run registry cleaner http://www.glocksoft.com/aatools_registry_cleaner.htm
then after that only do u install the new drivers...good luck

DSLHunTa · Oct 26, 2003, 06:13 PM

Thanks for the help, I used both the driver cleaner and the registry cleaning tool and now im back to front and rear sounds coming from the front speakers and nothing coming out from the back speakers..... Stick a fork in me, I'm done

LeChuCk · Oct 27, 2003, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DSLHunTa
Thanks for the help, I used both the driver cleaner and the registry cleaning tool and now im back to front and rear sounds coming from the front speakers and nothing coming out from the back speakers..... Stick a fork in me, I'm done

are u using an OCed pc??coz i had a fren who OCed his RAMS and the same symptoms appeared...however, after running everything back to normal it disappeared...

mau108 · Nov 6, 2003, 02:15 PM

ive got an audigy 1 and I installed the audigy 2 zs drivers from youpax and rear doesnt work...

with the original audigy 1 drivers it worked fine....

hope theres a fix comming

mau108 · Nov 10, 2003, 01:59 PM

....take me back

Oct 19, 2003, 06:51 PM	#1
LeChuCk DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	help!no rear sound in new audigy! hey guys i am in a fix here..i recently bought the new creative audigy2 zs sound card and guess what....i can't get my altec lansing ada885 rear speakers to sound!!i tried to diagnose on my audigy card n everything's fine...when i tested on my speakers(noise thru speakers not soundcard) my rear's all right too!!!couldn't be my rear cables, can it??coz i put the front speaker cables into the rear port in the audigy n the rears came out ok..but when i put the rear cable into the rear port...no sound at all!!!any other ideas??i am stumped!!! i setup everything perfectly from the sound card n speaker installation manual...and oh yeah...my speakers were fine with my old audigy DE SE..thanks for replying

Oct 22, 2003, 09:11 AM	#2
DSLHunTa DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Same Problem sort of Well I also have the problems of the rear speakers not working. I get both front and rear sounds coming through the front speakers and nothing from the back. I'm usind the hacked audigy 2 zs drivers on an audigy 1. I used to have this problem using the regular audigy drivers, but I forgot how I fixed it. I have tried enabling CMSS in the EAX console and re-installing. I tried setting the speaker settings to quadraphonic and surround sound, with no success. Can anyone help us out?

Oct 22, 2003, 11:15 AM	#3
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	So, speaker test doesn't bring anything? I had this problem once - I fixed it by adjusting Rear-Front balance on my speakers. __________________ -- Vedran

Oct 22, 2003, 08:35 PM	#6
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Could this be a driver bug? I am not sure what to do, because this whole issue is really weird... __________________ -- Vedran

Oct 25, 2003, 05:37 AM	#12
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Oct 22, 2003, 03:25 PM	Thread Starter #4
LeChuCk DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	whew..at last a reply!!ok here's what i found...no rear speaker sound during speaker test but got sound during music, movie and games playback!!!i think it's something to do with the software coz speaker test is also ok...raised the rear speaker volume to max also no difference...weird eh??DSL...do u have sound from rear during games or movie playback???

Oct 22, 2003, 05:31 PM	#5
DSLHunTa DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	I only get sounds coming from the front speakers. NO sound from the rear speakers during games or movies. When I run the speaker tests, both front and rear sounds comes from the front speakers.

Oct 22, 2003, 09:31 PM	#7
DSLHunTa DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	I have gotten this issue at one point or another with all the creative cards from SB Live and up. This is my last Creative card, I'm sick of paying for a 4.1 speaker system and only able to use 2 of the speakers.

Oct 23, 2003, 12:17 AM	#8
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Do you guys have the synchronize with control panel box checked? It seems this a "bug" indeed, since speakers work when you test them and the rear channels disappear when you reboot. If you unhook them, and hook them back in it seems to fix it "sometimes".

Oct 23, 2003, 04:10 AM	Thread Starter #9
LeChuCk DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	dls....i guess i was luckier than u considering the fact that i have rear sounds in games,movies n music...however i do get the same bug as you 'sometimes' when my front produces the front sound n also the rear sounds...very very weird...my last audigy de se was oke so no complains...i haven't tried installing it with just drivers n no frills yet y don't u test it out? necro..i tried it with the synchronize checked n also unchecked!!no difference!!!yeah...at times my rear will suddenly 'work' then it will die after that...weird...

Oct 23, 2003, 09:07 PM	#10
lightbg DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I have the same problem but only in DolbyDigital content, games and music are OK.Tried software decoders and hardware decoder of my Audigy2 - nothing.Spoke with Creatives support - they told me that it's because i have audigy2 OEM, not retail.I think thats bullshit.

Oct 25, 2003, 02:49 AM	#11
DSLHunTa DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Just a short update. Now after an attempt at a clean install of the drivers, now I get front and rear sounds coming from the rear speakers and not the front speakers. An exact oppositve of what was happening before. This creative audigy thing is driving me mad. Anyone know the best way to clean out the old creative drivers and install the new ones?

Oct 26, 2003, 06:13 PM	#14
DSLHunTa DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the help, I used both the driver cleaner and the registry cleaning tool and now im back to front and rear sounds coming from the front speakers and nothing coming out from the back speakers..... Stick a fork in me, I'm done

Nov 6, 2003, 02:15 PM	#16
mau108 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	ive got an audigy 1 and I installed the audigy 2 zs drivers from youpax and rear doesnt work... with the original audigy 1 drivers it worked fine.... hope theres a fix comming

Nov 10, 2003, 01:59 PM	#17
mau108 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	....take me back