nForce2 Sound Issues

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Hey All,

I got my new nForce2 board (LeadTek) the other day and I'm having a problem with the sound. The Stereo channels are reversed (left is right and right is left). Is there any way swap the channels?

 

[Dreadogg]

lol, switch the speakers around!

 

[splice]

Why sould I have to do that? Left should be left and right should be right... it was working fine with my Turtle Beach card before I upgraded.

 

[Adul]

look in the drivers, and see if you can switch it

 

[Dreadogg]

yea I guess you are right, I just would take the easyway out! Thinking about this a little more and I am just confusing myself, is it also labled wrong? I guess this could be a big problem!

 

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Originally posted by: Adul
look in the drivers, and see if you can switch it

I looked for a while last night, but couldn't find anything in the SoundStorm utility or the Windows sound control panel.

 

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Originally posted by: Dreadogg
yea I guess you are right, I just would take the easyway out! Thinking about this a little more and I am just confusing myself, is it also labled wrong? I guess this could be a big problem!

Yeah you got me thinking too.. I could just be a moron and have had my speakers switched the whole time, I used my headphones alot instead of my Speakers with the TBSC. I'll have to ensure everythings setup when I get off from work.

 

[nortexoid]

right. swap speaker positions.

 

[Spraf]

Does anyone have an idea if the cmedia sound chip is Dolby digital on the nforce2 motherboard? Ex Chaintech Zenith... ASUS Deluxe i know that has the Soundstorm edition of nvidia apu.... This is dolby digital encoding HW.
and its kicking ass like XBOX sound system!

 

[bgeh]

c-media does not have a hardware dolby digital processor
only chaintech does not use the nforce2 APU
kinda makes me puzzled

 

[Spraf]

All.. using the nforce2 chipset but the DSP is Cmedia CMI8738 instead the Realtel AL605 which... Its weird that Toms HW says that both are Dolby digital 6.1 but no one else does...
And chaintech or cmedia they dont clarify it either. But cmedia cards say they support dolby digital.. ( i guess SW encoding) ... but their HW capabilities are less than the nvidia soundstorm....

 

[Spraf]

Thats what I found on newegg forum posted on 12/12/02... It seems its by a chaintech guy...
"First of all, thanks for your attention in CHAINTECH product!
Here is the answer regarding to your question "Does CHAINTECH 7NJS support SoundStorm??"
Yes, absolutely. NVIDIA SoundStorm is actually a standard which offers a plethora of input and output connections and
ZENITH 7NJS does support all of the features.
NVIDIA SoundStorm Standard
Digital S/PDIF for access to the Dolby Digital 5.1 real-time encoder.
Microphone
CD
TV
Line-in
Headphones
Front left and right speakers
Rear left and right speakers
Center channel
Subwoofer
Our product does support all of the above which enables the end users enjoy the effects
of nVidia's soundstorm!!
"

 

[Snoop]

Originally posted by: Spraf
Thats what I found on newegg forum posted on 12/12/02... It seems its by a chaintech guy...
"First of all, thanks for your attention in CHAINTECH product!
Here is the answer regarding to your question "Does CHAINTECH 7NJS support SoundStorm??"
Yes, absolutely. NVIDIA SoundStorm is actually a standard which offers a plethora of input and output connections and
ZENITH 7NJS does support all of the features.
NVIDIA SoundStorm Standard
Digital S/PDIF for access to the Dolby Digital 5.1 real-time encoder.
Microphone
CD
TV
Line-in
Headphones
Front left and right speakers
Rear left and right speakers
Center channel
Subwoofer
Our product does support all of the above which enables the end users enjoy the effects
of nVidia's soundstorm!!
"

According to this article as well as all the others I have read, chaintech does not utilize any of nvidia's mcp-t sound features.

 

[Spraf]

Here is another thing by him... What I dont undestand is that the new chips by cmedia are using AC'97. So actually is there a dolby digital support on cmedia or its just SW encoding rather than real time? Should I invest on chaintech board to have dolby digital on my stereo or go for the asus deluxe? Any comments are very welcome!

" n/a,12/13/2002 4:58:24 AM

I think because most of the people don't really know Soundstorm is actually a standard. But nVidia
does promote the name a lot without proper explanation which caused the confusion.
And actually, the choice of Cmedia is actually better than APU of nVidia chipset.
1. APU only supports SPDIF out but Cmedia supports both SPDIF in/out which our board has one more feature!
2. Cmedia's sound comes out from PCI interface but to use nVidia APU it comes out from AC'97 which
increases the CPU loading. That's why Cmedia audio is always more popular then AC'97.
Hope I do solve your confusion!"

 

[Spraf]

I finally decided to contact chaintech USA and TW and I got an answer from Taiwan HQ !!!
I really appreciated their quick responce and actually I am going to stick with their products! I have to agree ASUS is top also!
So here is their answer!
"
Dear Spiro,

Thanks for your interest in our product. Here are the reasons CHAINTECH uses Cmedia in stead of nVidia APU. 7NJS ZENITH is designed to incorporate Cmedia 8738 as an external bridge through PCI interface and it?s a hardware decoding and consumes less system resources. It?s similar as any other audio CODEC but with additional 5.1-channel and SPDIF for digital surround output equals to what Dolby surround would offer. Soundstorm's spirit is to enable the 5.1 channel audio which provided by Cmedia also. Moreover, Cmedia privides both SPDIF in/out but NVIDIA APU can only support SPDIF out. Cmedia is very experienced in designing audio chipset and the skill is very
matured which you do not need to worry! As a motherboard manufacturer, we know what is actually better to recommend to our users!
Hope I answer your questions and clear your doubt!

Let me know if you have other questions!
Best regards,
B. Lin
"