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Stupid 7.1 speakers..

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Crana

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My little brother just got some 'CREATIVE INSPIRE T7900 7.1' speakers and a 'CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER LIVE 7.1 24BIT OEM' sound card for his birthday but it seems that the front 2 speakers only work when playing Winamp, but when running the sound tests (Ya' know with the woman's voice saying "Front Left" and so on..) All speakers even work while playing CS:S :shrug:
So far we've tried: Making sure everythings plugged in right, that we have the right sound card (Mistakes happen :p), reinstalling the drivers with and without the extra software and finally reinstalling Windows, But nothing seems to help (And obviously we've tried changing the speaker settings in Windows to 7.1, Disabling onboard sound, but it doesnt change a thing, not even if you change it to no speakers..)

Help? :cry:
 
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So how come 4 of speakers work with my 5.1 speakers? Sounds fine too :)

How could i make all the speakers play the same channel then? Like, all the speakers on the right play one channel and all the speakers on the left play the other; cos i think thats how my 5.1 speakers must be set up :shrug:
 
it's either the way it is set up or how your soundcard drivers are making it play

the way it is set up is good - it is the way it's supposed to be, you need very good positioning to make more than one speaker play one channel because it will screw up the sound if your positioning is bad
 
Well, i told him to get Logitech speakers, but he refused to, lol :)

I know when i first got my speakers i had the same problem, but i can't remember how i fixed it... :(
Ahh well, his graphics card is acting up now, so i'll sort that out then mess around with software and see if their's some boxes that need unticking :D
 
Update!

Everything is fixed :D

I came across this:

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Stupid Creative, eh :D

ALL speakers work too! Even the centre!

Thanks dudes :)
 
I had that problem with my philips 5.1 surround. I so want a pair of logitechs. They are awesome speakers. My mate has them.. and wow the floor shakes!
 
Yeah, the sub looks as if its twice as big as Creative's :eek: :eek:

I think Logitech are going to be my next speaker make for sure, they are nothing but quailty (I have their Protective PSP case and resently an MX1000 mouse)
 
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