One day I had no surround
At this time I was using integrated sound
Troubleshooting:
1. Looked at and played with every concievable windows sound control.
2. Made sure I had the lateest drivers, checked for hardware or driver conflicts
3. Made sure my speakers/amp/etc were working, (cross plugged in speaker sets to check).
4. Added soundblaser Live! value card to my system (afer disabling onboard in BIOS)... left and right but no center/rear LR. Went all over the soundblaster utils and windows controls.
5. Removed Soundblaster, install Ensoniq. Same business.
6. Re-Installed XP (not from scratch). Same business
I am syymied. never "heard" of this problem before, I assume this is a windows registry issue but don't know where to start.
I have always built computers and have never had issues (that I couldnt fix) with sound. Since this is my "main" workstation with all my IT admin crap loaded on it, I would rather not start from a fresh installation if I can help it...I just want to frag an occasional HL2 monster once in a while and hear the wonderful ambiance)
running AM2
VIA chipset - ECS mobo
ATI-PCIx card (not at my computer right now and don't remember)
XP Pro SP2 with all the updates
At this time I was using integrated sound
Troubleshooting:
1. Looked at and played with every concievable windows sound control.
2. Made sure I had the lateest drivers, checked for hardware or driver conflicts
3. Made sure my speakers/amp/etc were working, (cross plugged in speaker sets to check).
4. Added soundblaser Live! value card to my system (afer disabling onboard in BIOS)... left and right but no center/rear LR. Went all over the soundblaster utils and windows controls.
5. Removed Soundblaster, install Ensoniq. Same business.
6. Re-Installed XP (not from scratch). Same business
I am syymied. never "heard" of this problem before, I assume this is a windows registry issue but don't know where to start.
I have always built computers and have never had issues (that I couldnt fix) with sound. Since this is my "main" workstation with all my IT admin crap loaded on it, I would rather not start from a fresh installation if I can help it...I just want to frag an occasional HL2 monster once in a while and hear the wonderful ambiance)
running AM2
VIA chipset - ECS mobo
ATI-PCIx card (not at my computer right now and don't remember)
XP Pro SP2 with all the updates