Steelseries 5H V2 USB No sound using analog

ronduth

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Hello all,
I recently purchased this headset (Steelseries 5H V2 USB) and im having a few problems and wondering if anyone would give me some advice. First off let me share my issue.

When I plug my 3.5mm analog into my dedicated sound card (sound blaster audigy 2zs) I do not get sound but my mic does work.
I then plugged in some oddball headphones and the sound came through using dedicated sound card. This told me the sound card is working.

I then decided to use the usb adapter that came with the headset and see if i could get sound. Indeed the sound worked.

My issue is I want to use my dedicated sound card but cannot get sound to come through this headset.

I am using windows 7 64bit.


Does anyone have any suggestions? Please and thank you
 
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I would say maybe your soundcard can't drive the headphone because higher end headphones usually have higher resistance but this one is 40ohms vs the standard 32 which shouldn't make any difference especially for a dedicated soundcard. Try using the analog 3.5mm jack on your phone and see if it works. If so then there is an issue with the soundcard (settings, drivers, or just faulty).

bob hays

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I would say maybe your soundcard can't drive the headphone because higher end headphones usually have higher resistance but this one is 40ohms vs the standard 32 which shouldn't make any difference especially for a dedicated soundcard. Try using the analog 3.5mm jack on your phone and see if it works. If so then there is an issue with the soundcard (settings, drivers, or just faulty).
 
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