No center speaker sound with SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 and 5...

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Never mind, finally got it working. If anyone needs to know, you have to install Creative
PlayCenter (even if you'll never use it) and enable CMSS. Sounds/music from any apps now come
from all speakers.

Thanks,
Jon.


"Jon E. Scott" <NOSPAMsupport@blueorbsoft.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
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> I recently upgraded my OS from Windows ME to Windows XP Pro, and replace my
> sound card with a SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 card (not digital) and Creative
> Inspire T5400 5.1 speaker set. The XP drivers I used are the ones that came
> on the Creative CD (which is dated late 2003 but the XP drivers on the
> Creative downloads is dated early 2003???). Anyway...
>
> When testing the speakers using the Creative Mixer, I can hear sounds from
> all 5 speakers (left rear, right rear, left front, right front, and center).
> However, standard Windows sounds, Winamp 5, PowerDVD, or any applications in
> Windows do NOT play sounds from the center speaker. I haven't tried any
> games yet since I just installed the card last night. I have Windows audio
> properties set to 5.1 Speakers but I cannot get any sound from the center
> speaker. Sound will only come from it when testing speakers in Creative
> Mixer.
>
> Short list of PC Specs:
> ASUS P2B-F mobo, no on-board audio
> PIII 1GHz CPU
> 512MB RAM
> WinXP Pro SP1
> Hercules GeForce 3 AGP card, 64 MB RAM
>
> Can anyone tell me what I need to do to fix this?
> Thanks,
> Jon.
>
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