MSI Z270, Realtek, Audio - Center Speaker trying to behave like Subwoofer?

punkrulz

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Hey guys,

Last night I built my computer, and I'm running into certain audio issues. They may be an easy fix but I wasn't able to find one and became so exhausted I had to give up for the night. I've been trying to do some research and haven't found anything either.

Motherboard: MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon
Speakers: Creative Inspire 5300 (Unfortunately setup in 3.1... right, left, center, sub)
Realtek HD Audio

I had plugged in the connections for the speakers and it took me a few tries to get audio, however the issue was that whenever I test, left and right work fine but center tries to play really low like the subwoofer. Subwoofer sounds a touch better when that plays. I can't get center to play actual audio.

I attempted to try to use the center / subwoofer swap, but I haven't run into this. The motherboard has connections for front audio, rear audio, and center / sub which I'm using. Has anyone run into this, and know what I can do to resolve it? I'm not at the computer now but will be able to try when I first get home.

Thanks!
 
Solution
Hi, If not getting an easy idea/solution, an option would be cutting the cable connecting pc to subwoofer and reversing the wires (ground remains intact).