cant hear things behind me

Gridlock · 03-04-2008, 11:34 PM

Hi, I have a problem in every game when I am playing, I cant hear things behind me. So I went through all the sound options in control panel and couldn't find anything that helped, Updated the drivers and that didn't help either.

Then I thought it was just my sound card, which was just a normal 7.1 sound card so I replaced it with a Sound Blaster Audigy SE. Its not supposed to be a big upgrade just something to get my sound working right. That didn't fix it. Tried updating all the Drivers and messed with the options some more to see if that helped. I've also tried some other things like reformatting my PC but nothing seemed to work. So if you guys have any suggestions lay them on me.

thank you!

koOp · 03-05-2008, 08:00 AM

what is ur prob exactly? do u have a hearing problem?

RoveWolf · 03-05-2008, 11:19 AM

My assumption is that he means when in game, if anything within the game occurs behind the central point of hearing (for example, when you play CS:S you hear sound all around you from where your character stands, this being the central point of hearing) he / she is not able to hear anything.

My only suggestion would be to make sure that the windows sound properties arent conflicting with any sound card manufacturer program properties you may have. I have had this issue before myself with my Windows properties and motherboard sound properties (my sound is built in) having an issue with one another. Excuse the poor suggestion but I'm not very savvy when it comes to sound issues.

Rove.

PunterCam · 03-05-2008, 12:12 PM

Stupid questions first; do you have 5.1/7.1 speakers? Are they plugged in correctly? Do the games you're playing support 5.1?

Gridlock · 03-05-2008, 03:34 PM

1. My problem happens in everygame I play such as Crysis, CS:S, Halflife 2, Also even happens in MMO's. If I am facing foward I cant seem to hear things behind me no matter where I am. So it causes me to get shot from behind without even hearing a sound.

2. I thought it was my speakers at first too, i was just using 2 speakers, so I switched to 5.1 speakers and have tried those on the two speaker option and 5.1 speaker option, and yes they are plugged in correctly.

3. Ive checked the manufactuar program and messed with the options to see if it helped, but it didnt. Could it have something to do with my motherboard slot?

koOp · 03-06-2008, 10:36 AM

update ur driver? check everything is plug into the correct slot

PunterCam · 03-06-2008, 01:45 PM

so any sound 'behind' you doesn't come out the speakers, regardless of whether you're using 5.1 or stereo? That must be some setup issue with your card or something, or an option in the sound menus of the games you're playing? Did your sound card come with various programs it installed (shortcuts down in the bottom right)? Does it have one of those 'drag the virtual noise source around the room to hear it reflected through the speakers' programs? Does it work?

Gridlock · 03-06-2008, 11:45 PM

I'm defiantly sure everything is in the right slot/spot, ive also tried it with just two speakers and the same thing happened. I tried the speaker test you were talking about the sound card program. Its doing the same thing there too. It plays sound from the "Front" "Front left" "Front right", but not the "Back left" or the "Back right". Even if I am playing with the 2 speaker option on my 5.1 speakers or with my headphones the same thing is happening. Then I double checked the drivers and all were updated. I think i'm running out of options

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Gridlock · 03-07-2008, 11:22 PM

also, anyone see any threads that relate to this problem? i cant seem to find any

03-04-2008, 11:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gridlock New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	cant hear things behind me Hi, I have a problem in every game when I am playing, I cant hear things behind me. So I went through all the sound options in control panel and couldn't find anything that helped, Updated the drivers and that didn't help either. Then I thought it was just my sound card, which was just a normal 7.1 sound card so I replaced it with a Sound Blaster Audigy SE. Its not supposed to be a big upgrade just something to get my sound working right. That didn't fix it. Tried updating all the Drivers and messed with the options some more to see if that helped. I've also tried some other things like reformatting my PC but nothing seemed to work. So if you guys have any suggestions lay them on me. thank you!

03-05-2008, 11:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
RoveWolf VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Midlands, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,257	My assumption is that he means when in game, if anything within the game occurs behind the central point of hearing (for example, when you play CS:S you hear sound all around you from where your character stands, this being the central point of hearing) he / she is not able to hear anything. My only suggestion would be to make sure that the windows sound properties arent conflicting with any sound card manufacturer program properties you may have. I have had this issue before myself with my Windows properties and motherboard sound properties (my sound is built in) having an issue with one another. Excuse the poor suggestion but I'm not very savvy when it comes to sound issues. Rove. __________________ Note: Formerly known as Breaks. Thermaltake VC3000BWS Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Black Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 (PCI-E) Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB SATA-II 16MB Cache Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) Samsung 18x18 DVD+RW (Black)

03-05-2008, 12:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
PunterCam Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 367	Stupid questions first; do you have 5.1/7.1 speakers? Are they plugged in correctly? Do the games you're playing support 5.1? __________________ 2006 Mac Pro Dual, dual core xeons @ 2.0Ghz each 2Gb Ram (I'm too poor) NVidia Geforce 7300Gt 256mb Onboard Sound - optical out to Logitech Z5500 Digidesign MBox2 output to PMCs 250Gb Drive running both Mac OSX and Windows on seperate partitions, 400Gb Drive for Windows, 400Gb Drive for OSX 24¨ Acer AL2416W (not nearly as bad as you'd think) Various Lacie external drives

03-05-2008, 03:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gridlock New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	1. My problem happens in everygame I play such as Crysis, CS:S, Halflife 2, Also even happens in MMO's. If I am facing foward I cant seem to hear things behind me no matter where I am. So it causes me to get shot from behind without even hearing a sound. 2. I thought it was my speakers at first too, i was just using 2 speakers, so I switched to 5.1 speakers and have tried those on the two speaker option and 5.1 speaker option, and yes they are plugged in correctly. 3. Ive checked the manufactuar program and messed with the options to see if it helped, but it didnt. Could it have something to do with my motherboard slot? Last edited by Gridlock; 03-05-2008 at 03:38 PM.

03-06-2008, 01:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
PunterCam Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 367	so any sound 'behind' you doesn't come out the speakers, regardless of whether you're using 5.1 or stereo? That must be some setup issue with your card or something, or an option in the sound menus of the games you're playing? Did your sound card come with various programs it installed (shortcuts down in the bottom right)? Does it have one of those 'drag the virtual noise source around the room to hear it reflected through the speakers' programs? Does it work? __________________ 2006 Mac Pro Dual, dual core xeons @ 2.0Ghz each 2Gb Ram (I'm too poor) NVidia Geforce 7300Gt 256mb Onboard Sound - optical out to Logitech Z5500 Digidesign MBox2 output to PMCs 250Gb Drive running both Mac OSX and Windows on seperate partitions, 400Gb Drive for Windows, 400Gb Drive for OSX 24¨ Acer AL2416W (not nearly as bad as you'd think) Various Lacie external drives

03-05-2008, 08:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
koOp Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 501	what is ur prob exactly? do u have a hearing problem?

03-06-2008, 10:36 AM	#6 (permalink)
koOp Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 501	update ur driver? check everything is plug into the correct slot

03-06-2008, 11:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Gridlock New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	I'm defiantly sure everything is in the right slot/spot, ive also tried it with just two speakers and the same thing happened. I tried the speaker test you were talking about the sound card program. Its doing the same thing there too. It plays sound from the "Front" "Front left" "Front right", but not the "Back left" or the "Back right". Even if I am playing with the 2 speaker option on my 5.1 speakers or with my headphones the same thing is happening. Then I double checked the drivers and all were updated. I think i'm running out of options .

03-07-2008, 11:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gridlock New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	also, anyone see any threads that relate to this problem? i cant seem to find any

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