K8N audio problem
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From: William on 9 Apr 2008 14:35 "RR" <yourspam(a)blocked.com> wrote in message news:S_adnT27N5aa6mHanZ2dnUVZ_ournZ2d(a)comcast.com... > well, I dont see the I/O tab in the Realtek audio player for one Wow - You don't see the little sideways 'red speaker' in the task bar on the bottom right of the screen? NOT THE GRAY WINDOWS SPEAKER! Do you see the "Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager" Icon in the Control Panel? If you don't, then you don't have a Realtek sound system on your motherboard . The "Audio I/O" tab is the fourth one from the left across the top of the Realtek sound manager panel. If you can't get to it, then we have no where to go - it controls the speaker setup and sound panel I/O. Let me know if you find it, then I can walk you through the setup procedure. > and second I can't even get an audio signal out of the black rear audio > port of the sound card with the simple two speaker set I have. I can get > audio out of all four speakers including the sub if I leave the jack > connector out of where I plug everthing into the sub woofer box. but it's > hard to tell if I get decent "surround" stereo with all channels working > properly. I'm thinkin maybe this four speaker system isn't made for this > AC97 controller. I'm thinkin I should have the computer store see if I do > have a dead port or not in the sound controller. > > Creative Labs has test software that plays sounds out of each speaker. That is what I am trying to get you to do, use the play button at the bottom of the room on the Audio I/O tab so we can see if you have the sound system set up right and the speakers hooked up right. Which you obviously do not. > That is what I want. I want to know that each "channel" is working. Right > now my audio is so screwed. Well, it could be worse I guess. I could have > a dead AC97 controller. The AC97 software just don't do this for me as of > now. ASUS SHOULD supply this since they supply the sound controller. My > older computer has the Creative Labs in it. I think I will take that out > and use it. You are so lost. "Operator Error" Take a break, drink some coffee, go for a walk, smell the flowers, look at the sky. Then take a fresh look at what you have. Good luck. William > > > > > >> On the Realtek Audio I/O tab, when you press the play button at the >> bottom >> of the room display, do you hear sound coming from each speaker? If not, >> be >> sure (1) you have the correct number of speaker system selected in the >> drop-down menu above the room display, (2) You have the volume control >> showed in the Mixer tab Playback section and the volume is turned up, (3) >> you have the wires plugged into the correct connectors on the audio panel >> and are selected correctly in the options menu. >> >> If you have done all this correctly, when you press the play button at >> the >> bottom of the room display, each speaker will sound off when tested. >> THEN, >> select the Dolby Pro Logic tab across the bottom of the audio panel and >> you >> should start to hear sound coming from them as the music is decoded. >> (Try >> music for this). OR, if you are using a 5.1 or 7.1 sound source, all >> will >> function as advertised. >> >> If you don't like Dolby Pro Logic, or 5.1 / 7.1 sound and want the same >> sound going to the side / rear that the front speakers get, just go to >> the >> Audio I/O tab, select 2CH Speaker system, go to each Back Panel connector >> and select 'Line Out' as its source and you will be all set for stereo >> sound >> to all speakers attached. (Which happens to be how I have my system >> hooked >> up with my computer 2.1 speaker system and room sound system for extra >> sound >> when I want to bug the neighbor next door.) >> >> Very complicated, hope this works. William >> >>
From: RR on 9 Apr 2008 20:43 > Wow - You don't see the little sideways 'red speaker' in the task bar on the > bottom right of the screen? NOT THE GRAY WINDOWS SPEAKER! Do you see the > "Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager" Icon in the Control Panel? If you don't, > then you don't have a Realtek sound system on your motherboard . No, I see no red speaker in the task bar other the then grey speaker icon in the system tray. The only icon in the Windows Control Panel for audio is the one that says "Sound and Audio Devices" with the gray speaker. > > The "Audio I/O" tab is the fourth one from the left across the top of the > Realtek sound manager panel. If you can't get to it, then we have no where > to go - it controls the speaker setup and sound panel I/O. > > Let me know if you find it, then I can walk you through the setup procedure. > I found the folder for Realtek Sound Manager in the Program Files x86 folder, but seems to be empty. I am the one who built the computer. I am not sure why the folder is empty. I do have a folder above the Sound Manager folder that says Realtek AC97 and that program seems to be the environment manager which has ASUS in the upper left corner of the main player window. It does have the front and rear speaker test which I was looking for but still can't get the rear channels to work. I had forgotten about that little program. I might have to look for the CD that came with the motherboard. ASUS doesn't seem to have any software on their website for the AC97 controller. >> and second I can't even get an audio signal out of the black rear audio >> port of the sound card with the simple two speaker set I have. I can get >> audio out of all four speakers including the sub if I leave the jack >> connector out of where I plug everthing into the sub woofer box. but it's >> hard to tell if I get decent "surround" stereo with all channels working >> properly. I'm thinkin maybe this four speaker system isn't made for this >> AC97 controller. I'm thinkin I should have the computer store see if I do >> have a dead port or not in the sound controller. >> > >> Creative Labs has test software that plays sounds out of each speaker. > > That is what I am trying to get you to do, use the play button at the bottom > of the room on the Audio I/O tab so we can see if you have the sound system > set up right and the speakers hooked up right. Which you obviously do not. > > >> That is what I want. I want to know that each "channel" is working. Right >> now my audio is so screwed. Well, it could be worse I guess. I could have >> a dead AC97 controller. The AC97 software just don't do this for me as of >> now. ASUS SHOULD supply this since they supply the sound controller. My >> older computer has the Creative Labs in it. I think I will take that out >> and use it. > > You are so lost. "Operator Error" Take a break, drink some coffee, go for > a walk, smell the flowers, look at the sky. Then take a fresh look at what > you have. Good luck. > > William I know something is not workin. I should be able to plug some regular speakers into the rear channel and hear something but I dont.
From: William on 10 Apr 2008 00:24
This is good, it looks like we are starting to recognize what the problem is. You have not installed the ASUS Realtek audio control program for the on-board sound system. Easy enough to do. I do not know what mobo you have, but on my mobo a P5W DH Deluxe, Asus has on their web site updated drivers for this board. They include drivers for the BIOS, Sound, Lan, RAD, and a few more things. And yes, the mobo came with a CD that had all the necessary drivers and programs on it. Perhaps you overlooked the program for the Realtek audio mixer. Do check ASUS' web site for your mobo, chances are good their are new drivers for the hardware on your mobo making the CD that came with the mobo obsolete. This would explain why things are all screwed up for you. Your audio hardware is running in default mode, and who knows what that is. (I thought I had a phase-inversion subtraction problem with the sound system until I realized that the audio system was running in a 6 speaker system mode and the center channel was subtracting common sound from the left and right channels - I did not have a center channel hooked up to the computer - hence no sound!) The Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager is complicated and hard to understand the first time around. You can poke around and see what works, or post a question and go from their. Good luck William. "RR" <yourspam(a)blocked.com> wrote in message news:mO-dnXc7Jfs1_2DanZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> Wow - You don't see the little sideways 'red speaker' in the task bar on >> the bottom right of the screen? NOT THE GRAY WINDOWS SPEAKER! Do you see >> the "Realtek HD Sound Effect Manager" Icon in the Control Panel? If you >> don't, then you don't have a Realtek sound system on your motherboard . > > No, I see no red speaker in the task bar other the then grey speaker icon > in the system tray. The only icon in the Windows Control Panel for audio > is the one that says "Sound and Audio Devices" with the gray speaker. > > > >> >> The "Audio I/O" tab is the fourth one from the left across the top of the >> Realtek sound manager panel. If you can't get to it, then we have no >> where to go - it controls the speaker setup and sound panel I/O. >> >> Let me know if you find it, then I can walk you through the setup >> procedure. >> > > > I found the folder for Realtek Sound Manager in the Program Files x86 > folder, > but seems to be empty. I am the one who built the computer. I am not sure > why the folder is empty. I do have a folder above the Sound Manager folder > that says Realtek AC97 and that program seems to be the environment > manager which has ASUS in the upper left corner of the main player window. > It does have the front and rear speaker test which I was looking for but > still can't get the rear channels to work. I had forgotten about that > little program. I might have to look for the CD that came with the > motherboard. ASUS doesn't seem to have any software on their website for > the AC97 controller. > > > > >>> and second I can't even get an audio signal out of the black rear audio >>> port of the sound card with the simple two speaker set I have. I can get >>> audio out of all four speakers including the sub if I leave the jack >>> connector out of where I plug everthing into the sub woofer box. but >>> it's hard to tell if I get decent "surround" stereo with all channels >>> working properly. I'm thinkin maybe this four speaker system isn't made >>> for this AC97 controller. I'm thinkin I should have the computer store >>> see if I do have a dead port or not in the sound controller. >>> >> >>> Creative Labs has test software that plays sounds out of each speaker. >> >> That is what I am trying to get you to do, use the play button at the >> bottom of the room on the Audio I/O tab so we can see if you have the >> sound system set up right and the speakers hooked up right. Which you >> obviously do not. >> >> >>> That is what I want. I want to know that each "channel" is working. >>> Right now my audio is so screwed. Well, it could be worse I guess. I >>> could have a dead AC97 controller. The AC97 software just don't do this >>> for me as of now. ASUS SHOULD supply this since they supply the sound >>> controller. My older computer has the Creative Labs in it. I think I >>> will take that out and use it. >> >> You are so lost. "Operator Error" Take a break, drink some coffee, go >> for a walk, smell the flowers, look at the sky. Then take a fresh look >> at what you have. Good luck. >> >> William > > > I know something is not workin. I should be able to plug some regular > speakers into the rear channel and hear something but I dont. |