Have 4 speakers but can only get 2 to work!

[mikesphat]

I have the Cambridge FPS2000 Digital speakers and the SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer (non 5.1 I think). And only the 2 front satellite speakers work plus the sub. Other 2 sat's dont How can I fix this. I hav tried the drivers from the cd and the sb site.

PIII 650
Asus P3V4X
Win98SE
I dont know if u need anything else but just say so if be.


thx

 

[Dufusyte]

Troubleshooting Checklist:

Driver settings
- Make sure 4.1 setting is enabled in Drivers
- Make sure volume on all speakers is set at a reasonable level
- Make sure none of the speakers is Muted

Hardware
- Make sure speaker plug is plugged into correct holes on soundcard; especially make sure you have not plugged it into the Microphone hole by mistake
- Make sure all other hook-ups in the speaker system are plugged in correctly and securely

 

[Fallen Kell]

Also, are you using 2 stereo outputs from the sound card or the SPDIF? If using the SPDIF, you need to tell the drivers to output digital only! This is very important, as it results in problems like you are having.

 

[thorin]

WinXP?

Thorin

 

[mrman3k]

Go into the SB properties program and set it to run for 4 speakers instead of the default 2.