Windows 7 Windows 7 Professional (x64) - 5.1 Surround Sound Issue

[Heskey]

Hi guys,

I'm having problems getting all of my 5.1 surround sound Logitech speakers working on a fresh install of Windows 7 Professional (x64), having completely formatted my hard drive of any previous operating systems. I have the following speakers:

A.) Front-Left
B.) Front-Right
C.) Centre
D.) Subwoofer
E.) Rear-Left
F.) Rear-Right

In the sound device manager, I have applied the speaker settings to be 5.1 Surround, and on testing/configuring the speakers, every speaker plays sound in their correct positions. However, in any program (iTunes, games, Windows sounds themselves; basically any other function than the Speaker Configuration panel), the only speakers that make any sound at all are A, B, and D, (Both frontal speakers & the subwoofer).

I should at this point note the following:

1.) I have never had problems getting the speakers to work correctly in previous versions of XP (the OS I have changed from), either 'Home' or 'Professional' editions (albeit they had been x32).
2.) My version of Windows 7 is completely up to date.
3.) My computer has had barely anything installed on it at this point, other than NOD32 Anti-Virus which has been fully updated and been scanning every night; turning up no malicious activity.
4.) The speakers are plugged into the correct jacks; they have not been changed since working perfectly on Windows XP.

My computer features an on-board SoundMAX sound card; the motherboard is an ASUS P5K-E (WiFi/AP edition). On installing Windows 7, all my graphics/mobo/sound drivers were automatically installed, and the 3 aforementioned speakers worked perfectly, but the rest would not. I tried googling the issue and the best response I could find was to download the audio drivers for my motherboard's soundcard and install them manually, which I did.

The drivers themselves have made no change to the speaker configuration or presented me with any additional configuration options other than a few more volume controls.

I am at a loss at what to do. Please help me get my remaining 3 speakers working correctly.

Many Thanks,

- Heskey

 

[Drey]

Hi there,

I have the EXACT same problem. The only difference is that I have a slightly different model of the motherboard.

Did you by any chance figure out how to solve this issue?

Or does anybody know how to solve it?

Thanks,
Drey

 

[Drey]

Just figured it out.
2 things.

1. In BIOS, change to HD Audio from AC97. (Also for better quality)
2. On your logitech controller, switch to matrix mode.

Boom, Enjoy

 

[Saltgrass]

I am glad you found the problem, but I was going to ask you, are you actually running 5.1 sound?

 

[Drey]

Absolutely, the only thing is that you have to test logitech speakers in normal mode and then switch back to matrix when you want to use them with other programs.

Drey

 

[Heskey]

Hi mate,

No I didn't figure it out unfortunately; I believe it boils down to there simply not being a 64-bit driver for Win 7 produced for 5.1 surround sound on various Mobos/Speakers etc.

I re-installed XP as a further result of discovering direct from HP's website that they don't have any 64-bit drivers for my printer, which as you can imagine isn't a good thing.

- Heskey

 

[spudnash]

Hi, I have the exact same problem. What is quite bizarre for me is the fact that Modern Warfare 2 works fine in 5.1. I am about to try Drey's idea of going into the bios.

Will let you know if I find anything.

Spud

 

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