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Hello, I recently installed Vista, and I have Logitech X-530 speakers.
However, When I play games or listening to music it only comes out in 2 speakers, and also the sub woofer is extremely weak. I have gone to the Realtek HD Audio Manager, and selected 5.1. I pressed the Play button for the test and , when it happened in only came through 2, the 2 front ones, which are the ones that sound is coming from when I listen to music.

My Motherboard: Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H

Open control panel.

Goto sound

Click on the soundcard your using and click configure.

Follow a couple of screens and your done.

After that Id reccomend going into properties, enhancements, and doing the surround sound equalisation.

Hellman109 writes...

Open control panel.

Goto sound

Click on the soundcard your using and click configure.

Follow a couple of screens and your done.

Ok Done, that still dosen't play in 5.1

Might be driver problem. Are you using latest drivers?

Uhh, as far as I know , Yes

I installed the ones of the CD, that came with my motherboard...

in the enhancement tab also check speaker fill...

And you could try ddownloading updated drivers from the Gigabyte website too

I don't have the speaker fill option :O

I'm using on board sound, and the driver version is

6.0.1.5532

Thaisarnn writes...

I installed the ones of the CD, that came with my motherboard...

From my own expeirences, the drivers on those CD's normally have outdated drivers. Go to the gigabyte website and download the drivers there, and then see if that solves your issues.

Thaisarnn writes...

I don't have the speaker fill option

Does it work okay with genuine 5.1 channel audio? Maybe try the sample audio files from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/Multichannel.aspx.

If that works and it's just "upmixing" that's a problem, try AC3Filter

apple69mel writes...

Does it work okay with genuine 5.1 channel audio? Maybe try the sample audio files from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/Multichannel.aspx.

It only came through my two front speakers, and the sub worked..the back right and back left, both came through the front speakers

Ok, I want to make sure I have connected all the cords into my motherboard correctly, I have a Pink Black and Green, and i plugged them into the right color, So Have i done this correct, Ohh and if i do the test and set them to 7.1, it comes through all, but then when i play music, again only through 2

How about taking a screenshot of the settings in the Realtek HD Manager window? Might help to see them.

You could also try the latest drivers directly from RealTek if you havent allready.

Thaisarnn writes...

I have a Pink Black and Green, and i plugged them into the right color

I have the same speakers and shouldnt it be Orange, Black and Green? Pink is for the microphone.

Yeah i tried orange in orange , still the same, except on the test, it comes through all, and i realized with 5.1, the rear was considered side, so i plugged the black one into the white and still nothing.

I have also downloaded the latest drivers and still the same, So I am starting to wonder if the speakers have called it a day..

Why don't I have the Speaker fill, option, I remember with my old Motherboard Asus M2A-VM, and x64 vista had that option and it worked fine :@,

Any ideas??

Ok, I have decided to screen shot,

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w184/macedonian-knight/SpeakerConfig.jpg

In the previous speaker test , the rear speakers were not working, I looked at the back of my Mobo, and i saw the black, it was plugged into a jack(black one) that said rear, and i noticed that the Audio Manager, had it whited out, well now i have plugged it into the the rear jack(white), and the test works fine, but when I play music, only come trough the two front and vaguely through the sub.

Any other screenshots that is needed, just let me know

That is one tiny screenshot!

Have you checked the speaker enhancement window to see if the speaker fill option is listed there instead?

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/554/capturelx8.jpg

Did you upgrade to Vista from XP on this machine, and was the audio working fine there?

It seems this person is having the same problem, but no solution either.

Holy forgot, i must resize it,, uhh silly me

Ki Shodar writes...

Did you upgrade to Vista from XP on this machine, and was the audio working fine there?

Yeah, when I was on XP , everything was fine.. and I have gone to the Enhancements and it is not there :(

Here is a better screen shot..

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w184/macedonian-knight/SpeakerConfig-1.jpg

Anyone?

Hellman109 writes...

in the enhancement tab also check speaker fill...

Funny, I have exactly this setup and had wondered how to get stereo sound to output on all speakers just yesterday. It's exactly what I was looking for :)

The test in the audio manager works fine, in 5.1, but still comes through 2 when playing music games etc...

I'm using on board sound ...........

So it identifies all speakers correctly in 5.1 mode when doing the test in the Realtek HD Manager?

But the audio samples from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/Multichannel.aspx dont play correctly for you?

What games are you trying? Surround sound might not be supported in these games on Vista.

So it identifies all speakers correctly in 5.1 mode when doing the test in the Realtek HD Manager?

yeah it comes through fine with the test in the realtek...

But the audio samples from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/Multichannel.aspx dont play correctly for you?

They don't work
correctly

What games are you trying? Surround sound might not be supported in these games on Vista.

Counter Strike Source, MMORPG"S and stuff, but games aren't my major concern , I just want music and videos to come out through 5 speakers...

music is only ever played through 2 speakers, and i'd say a fair few games are only programmed for 2 speakers as well, are you sure you just didn't have speaker fill on during your time with xp and don't now?

I have the same speakers, and are running 64 bit vista as well, and it works perfectly

rickyp writes...

music is only ever played through 2 speakers,

Hmm that's strange..becuase when I had vista a while back it worked fine, but I had my old mobo then...that was a Asus M2A-VM..and know i got Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H

Thaisarnn writes...

I just want music and videos to come out through 5 speakers...

I forgot to ask, what media player are you using? You can only play the MS multi-channel samples correctly with a suitable player (e.g. WMP).

If you just want to play normal stereo music through all speakers, try AC3Filter to upmix.

I was readng about the opposite today – but it could apply.

In your Control Panel, you must have "hardware acceleration" completely enebled, or the result is stereo sound

It might be worth looking – its amazing how many things we change when setting a machine up from scratch

Okay ill try that

I'm using I tunes for music, and , nero show time and windows media player classic(Klite Mega Codec) for videos and movies..

and it also says.. when I go to Hardware Acceleration, Your current display driver does not allow you to change..

I have a Gigabyte 8800 GT 512MB Not OC'ed

My driver is the Nvidia Vista 64bit , and the version is, 175.19

Ok this is weird... my mate just got a PC with the same motherboard,same speakers and he has the same driver version as me, but he has the speaker fill option.. and i dont, all our jacks are plugged in the same tooo =[

Would you like a screenshot compare with my friends of the audio manager

any ideas....