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pattala

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November 27th, 2005 12:00

sound card

I have recently purchased a Dell 5150c with a Sigamatel sound card installed.With the pc i recieved a pair of stereo speakers but changed these to 5.1 creative speakers.But these only have output on the front two speakers and the woofer.I have emailed Creative  who say that the speakers do not need drivers to work but should work with my sound card.Dell support have told me that my system should play 7.1 so there is no reason why these speakers should not work.When i open my volume controls the advanced options are not highlighted which i reckon this is where i enable 5.1,i have already have all other controls enabled for 5.1please help
Alan
  • speedstep

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    Posted November 27th, 2005 21:00

    Service Tag/Serial Number?
    Windows OS version XP HOME? XP PRO? Service Pack level?
  • naveen_rang

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    Posted November 28th, 2005 04:00

    this is because your speakers settings are set for a 2 channel speakers. go to control panel... sounds and audio devices... and under 'speaker settings', change it to 5.1 sorround sound speakers from desktop stereo speakers.
     
    This will work
     
    Naveen
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    Posted November 28th, 2005 09:00

    hyfpw1j (service tag) Dell 5150c windows xp home

    Thanks for getting back to me

    alan