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Gigabyte UD5 (core i7) Can't Get Rear Audio To Play. Help???

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wick001   01-08-2009 at 08:39:34 PM

Just set up my system with the UD5, Great board, everything works, EXCEPT...

I can't get the rear audio to play on my 4.1 system (4 speakers, 1 subwoofer)

Ideas???

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Silver Motherboards badge bilbat   01-09-2009 at 03:08:55 PM
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I suspect it's something to do with the HD Audio manager - will experiment in the next couple days (have a 5.1 Logi audio setup waiting on system to be moved to final location - stain on desk is drying as I type) and get back to you, say - Monday...

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steveru621   01-14-2009 at 01:49:37 AM
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I have a 5.1 set of Logitech G51's. I tried for an hour, and the rear speakers would always show up as side speakers. What I finally did was call it a 7.1 system and disable the the side speakers.

Also you want to check where the audio cables are plugged into the back of the PC. If the computer is on, Gigabyte boards software asks what kind of speaker you just plugged in. I messed them up when I first hooked up the cables because I thought only the color counted. I don't know why you would want to do this, but you can change the setup. After all that, it ignores the fact you called them rear speakers.

Do you use the software volume control or the hardware volume control with a preset software volume?


Message edited by steveru621 on 01-14-2009 at 01:58:55 AM
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wick001   01-14-2009 at 03:28:40 PM
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I also just put my system on the 7.1 option and disabled the other speakers, works great. I also enabled the Dolby option to give my rear speakers more sound.

I should try turning the computer on with no audo cables plugged in, once booted up, plug them in and select appropriate options...

I just put my software volume all the way up, and use my hardware volume control to adjust.

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mamw93   01-16-2009 at 03:34:12 AM
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Try updating the drivers. If that doesn't work, it may be your speakers. Finally, try buying a cheap sound card.

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Silver Motherboards badge bilbat   01-16-2009 at 04:49:58 PM
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Oddly enough, after a little fiddling, I arrived at the same point - set it to 7.1 w/no 'side' speakers... Also, the more options (like Dolby) that you enable, the more likely that you'll have audio 'stutter' problems in WMC - disable everything possible, and it sounds fine! Another oddity that I've noticed is that in WMC under Vista x86, the sound seems 'biased' to the front speaker triplet, as I'd prefer; under x64, they seem 'biased' toward the rear, so I leave it selected to two channel - can always adjust for actual 5.1/7.1 encoded on DVDs.

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Anonymous   06-26-2009 at 04:53:44 PM
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Here is my suggestion. Return any Gigabyte motherboard. The company builds crap and doesn't stand behind the product. I have a brand new board. Channel C won't work so I can't use triple channel memory, and the rear speakers won't work either...

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