5.1 speaker problem with vista

[Big D3]

Hiya everyone

Last month i upgraded to vista in order to get Direct x10, however, there is some trouble with the speakers as I am receiving sound from all of them apart from the centre speaker and the subwoofer
(everything is set up correctly btw)

the speakers i have is a philips 5.1 surround sound

do you have any advice or any solution for this problem?

[dangel]

which sound card do you have?

Have you checked that you've setup the speakers in Vista for 5.1?
Start->Control Panel->Hardware & Sound->Sound->(select device)->Configure

[Big D3]

The sound card i have is a surpremeFX audio card featuring ADI 1988B codec, this sound card came with my asus commando

also i have already configured the speakers to 5.1 and all sound but the subwoofer and centre speakers are being heard.

[Will404]

Are you sure that you have the latest drivers for the sound card?

[Big D3]

I have the latest drivers from my driver installation disk, its been installed already

[TheReaFireblade]

I have the latest drivers from my driver installation disk, its been installed already

You mean one you've created yourself, or the drivers disc which came with the soundcard?

Drivers discs supplied with products almost always have outdated drivers on them.
Whilst they normally allow you to at least get the product working initially... you're always best to visit the manufacturer's website, and grab the latest drivers.

You'll find the ('Audio') drivers for the Asus Commando here.
Although I suspect they're probably the same drivers... select the one appropriate to whatever version of Vista you're running (32bit/64bit)

[Big D3]

You mean one you've created yourself, or the drivers disc which came with the soundcard?

Drivers discs supplied with products almost always have outdated drivers on them.
Whilst they normally allow you to at least get the product working initially... you're always best to visit the manufacturer's website, and grab the latest drivers.

You'll find the ('Audio') drivers for the Asus Commando here.
Although I suspect they're probably the same drivers... select the one appropriate to whatever version of Vista you're running (32bit/64bit)

Its from the driver disks that came with the soundcard Fireblade, ill download the drivers now from the website u have given me

[TAKTAK]

IIRC the surpremeFX cards have been known to have problems... (mainly with hissing alot, but also others as well) i have the card myself on my crosshair and had hissing problems which turned out to be the really flakey drivers on the CD BUT also the drivers on asus's website were outdated and i ended up getting the latest from a random site, but ASUS have probably sorted that out now. so as the other guys have said, try the very latest drivers (but if they don't work, then try some backdated ones, as ASUS have been known to c**k things up in newer driver releases [mainly barebones]). (i also find the software that comes with the card very, very, annoying )

[Big D3]

Its from the driver disks that came with the soundcard Fireblade, ill download the drivers now from the website u have given me

Hello everyone good news!!!!!!

I have downloaded the drivers for my 32bit vista from the ASUS website for my commando motherboard and now ALL speakers are working I'll explain how i got it working.

1. I uninstalled the old soundmax drivers and restarted the computer

2. I installed the file known as AD1988_Vista_610015110.

3. I went to Control panel > Sound and then set my speakers to default and then i configured them to 5.1 surround sound. (I suggest you do a test becuse you should only hear the left and right speakers playing during the test and nothing else) after that confirm your settings as 5.1 surround.

4. Into properties of the speakers and go to custom, check the box by swap center/subwoofer by clicking on it, and then go to levels and put everything apart from the microphone up to 100.

5.Finally, go to Advanced and confirm the default format rating of your speakers. For example my philips 5.1 multimedia speakers uses the top setting up to 24bit at 192000Hz (Studio Quality)

Now play your music this should result by having all your speakers vibrating when playing sound.

Thank you to everyone who replied and suggested their ideas.

[TheReaFireblade]

Great news!

And thanks for putting up an explanation of how you did it.
It could prove invaluable to others who use the SupremeFX card