ok....
firstly, Zak you had me very very worried when yu said that, but i am positive i dont have a switch on the headphone cable. I only have 4 dials to change individual volume of each channel, and yes they are all turned right up
da_ging I tried the exact way you said, and still no sound, in the sound config it is set to 6ch, but even with 2, 4 of 8ch the "front" does not work.
I tried connecting a normal speaker set to the "front" output of my soundcard, and got no sound at all. Am I to assume that the front on my sound card is broken?
Kemp.....grrrrrr