- Feb 14, 2013
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Hey everyone,
A couple of days ago (3 to be exact) I bought a Diamond XS51 5.1 Extreme sound card. Just so I could actually get 5.1 surround from my surround speakers. So i installed the card into my computer, installed newest drivers for Windows 7 64-bit and it all worked fine. Until the next morning. I booted up my computer to hear a very distorted start up sound, and then double checked with some songs. It seemed that everything from system sound to songs was slowed down to about half speed. Even the test sounds for the speakers were slowed down.
So I immediately guessed it was my card. So I plugged my speakers back into my mobos integrated audio output and it all worked fine, Even found out I can get 5.1 surround sound from the mobo (re-purposed the mic input for center/sub).
But my question is, Can I fix the sound card? At this point I don't think i can return it (lost anti static bag it came in) and I don't like the feeling of wasting 20 bucks.
System Specs:
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 B50
Propus 45nm Technology
RAM
4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
BIOSTAR Group A880GZ (CPU 1)
Graphics
X322BV-HD* (1360x768@60Hz)
LL-T15A4-B (1024x768@60Hz)
896MB GeForce GTX 260 (EVGA)
Hard Drive
149GB TOSHIBA MK1652GSX ATA Device (SATA)
112GB TOSHIBA MK1237GSX ATA Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
ATAPI iHAS124 W ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Speakers:
JBL LSR 2300
logitech Z906
A couple of days ago (3 to be exact) I bought a Diamond XS51 5.1 Extreme sound card. Just so I could actually get 5.1 surround from my surround speakers. So i installed the card into my computer, installed newest drivers for Windows 7 64-bit and it all worked fine. Until the next morning. I booted up my computer to hear a very distorted start up sound, and then double checked with some songs. It seemed that everything from system sound to songs was slowed down to about half speed. Even the test sounds for the speakers were slowed down.
So I immediately guessed it was my card. So I plugged my speakers back into my mobos integrated audio output and it all worked fine, Even found out I can get 5.1 surround sound from the mobo (re-purposed the mic input for center/sub).
But my question is, Can I fix the sound card? At this point I don't think i can return it (lost anti static bag it came in) and I don't like the feeling of wasting 20 bucks.
System Specs:
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 B50
Propus 45nm Technology
RAM
4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
BIOSTAR Group A880GZ (CPU 1)
Graphics
X322BV-HD* (1360x768@60Hz)
LL-T15A4-B (1024x768@60Hz)
896MB GeForce GTX 260 (EVGA)
Hard Drive
149GB TOSHIBA MK1652GSX ATA Device (SATA)
112GB TOSHIBA MK1237GSX ATA Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
ATAPI iHAS124 W ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Speakers:
JBL LSR 2300
logitech Z906
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