what the f@%&! is going on here?

[Frost]

This is really throwing me for a spin, and when I figure it out, or one of you figures it out for me I'm sure I'm gonna be punching myself in teh face. Well heres the problem, last night before I went to bed I was listening to my mp3s like I always do in winamp, with sound coming from both of my speakers no problem... Today I wake up start playing mp3s... something doesn't sound right... (still waking up so it takes me a minute ) Well finally I realize there's nothing coming from the left channel! WTF!?!? I'm thinking to myself... so I check the balanc on the receiver, right in the middle, check the balance on winamp, looks good, check the balance in my audio properties same thing everythings right on. Now I start to wonder what could possibley be going on here?? So I turn my reciever to the radio, and sure enough it starts coming out of both channels... Hmmmmm. This means it has to be something to do with the computer, my only question is what the hell could it possibly be? anyone have any idea? I'll try restarting here in a second, but even if that fixes it I'm still going to be very curious as to what the problem could be. I'm running Win2k, btw, with a sb live! Thanks all!

Frost

 

[Smilin]

You my friend are experiencing the full suck of SB Live! 5.1 drivers. I too have experienced this. I've NO idea how to fix it. It's happened to me twice and I've always stumbled into the answer. Grabbing the latest SB drivers and reloading them would be a good place to start...there may be an easier answer but this seems to do it. Have fun on their download server. The thing has DUAL 386's in it now!

 

[Elkcaps]

May sound simple, but check the wire connections from the sound card to the receiver. A loose connection will sometimes play only 1 channel (assuming an analog connection).

 

[xXgambitXx]

Originally posted by: Elkcaps
May sound simple, but check the wire connections from the sound card to the receiver. A loose connection will sometimes play only 1 channel (assuming an analog connection).

read the whole post, he said that the radio plays fine out of both speakers

i agree w/ "smilin" about the drivers, dump them and reinstall.

 

[bluemax]

I've had the same problem and solution with C-media onboard sound. It's not just CL.

 

[paralazarguer]

Yeah the radio may play okay but that has NOTHING to do with the connection between the computer and the receiver...

 

[Smilin]

Guys I've really been through this before...The frickin thing will act like it has a dead plug on the back of the sound card. It manifests itself as a nasty hardware problem but it's just some great suck in the drivers.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Elkcaps
May sound simple, but check the wire connections from the sound card to the receiver. A loose connection will sometimes play only 1 channel (assuming an analog connection).

I've heard of the single speaker SB problem before... happened to my friend.. he says rebooting fixes the problem... definitely not a connection issue.. although in this case it could be......

 

[Frost]

Thanx much for your responses guys, not the connection, reboot didin't fix it doh! Guess its time to update the drivers Thanx again everyone.

 

[Frost]

I don't know whats going on... Reinstally drivers, and then reinstalling win2k, and new drivers didn't fix it... I'm running out of things to try here guys. Anyone else got something to try? This is an Sb live mp3+ no 5.1 btw

 

[everman]

Did you try completely uninstalling the card, and then reinstall it? Simply reloading the drivers may not do it.