Help getting Logitech speakers to work

arethemad · 12-03-2005, 01:58 AM

I bought these from best buy a while back for around 90. The rear speakers didnt work so I bought a different soundcard. Got the rear speakers working and everything was going smooth. Then my dad decided to do a destructive computer recovery. Now my rear speakers and my central speaker doesnt work. I dont have the installation CD for the soundcard or speakers. I think I can find the soundcard installation CD but I know for a fact I wont be able to find the speaker installation CD. Any help?

Speakers:Logitech X-530
Soundcard: Creative Sound blaster live! 24 bit

Thanks VERY VERY much in advance

vortmax · 12-03-2005, 02:12 AM

speaker install CD? thats a new one on me.

What exactly is a "destructive computer recovery"

Try downloading the latest drivers for your sound card and making sure you have the card configured for 5.1 speakers

arethemad · 12-03-2005, 02:19 AM

the speaker installation CD, the one that came with the speakers. A destructive recovery is when you recover your computer so its like it just came out of the box. I already dled the driver. any help on configuring it for 5.1 speakers? whenever I try to open up creative mediasource which is where it has their EAX controls which allowed me to get my rear speakers working in the first place, it says something about not detecting any speakers with my system, leading me to believe I need to do something with my speakers, not my soundcard.

SAAER45 · 12-03-2005, 02:34 AM

I didn't get an installation CD with my X-530's, I did have trouble getting the rears and center to work though. Turns out I has testing to see if the sound worked on Musicmatch Jukebox which doesn't support 5.1. Try switching the front and rear speaker cables back and forth into the soundcard, when you do that if the rears work and the fronts don't you'll know the problem isn't the speakers and has something to do with computer settings or the sound card

Jet · 12-03-2005, 01:37 PM

I also didn't get an installation cd with my X-530's

Jerkstore · 12-03-2005, 03:47 PM

then you got ripped off

go to logitech's website and download the driver

mega10169 · 12-03-2005, 10:32 PM

Speakers don't use drivers, none do. They never have and probably never will, so the Logitechs did not come with a driver CD. But your soundcard does use drivers, if there is sound coming out of your speakers that means its drivers are installed.

12-03-2005, 01:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
arethemad New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16	Help getting Logitech speakers to work I bought these from best buy a while back for around 90. The rear speakers didnt work so I bought a different soundcard. Got the rear speakers working and everything was going smooth. Then my dad decided to do a destructive computer recovery. Now my rear speakers and my central speaker doesnt work. I dont have the installation CD for the soundcard or speakers. I think I can find the soundcard installation CD but I know for a fact I wont be able to find the speaker installation CD. Any help? Speakers:Logitech X-530 Soundcard: Creative Sound blaster live! 24 bit Thanks VERY VERY much in advance

12-03-2005, 02:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	speaker install CD? thats a new one on me. What exactly is a "destructive computer recovery" Try downloading the latest drivers for your sound card and making sure you have the card configured for 5.1 speakers __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

12-03-2005, 02:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
SAAER45 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,161	I didn't get an installation CD with my X-530's, I did have trouble getting the rears and center to work though. Turns out I has testing to see if the sound worked on Musicmatch Jukebox which doesn't support 5.1. Try switching the front and rear speaker cables back and forth into the soundcard, when you do that if the rears work and the fronts don't you'll know the problem isn't the speakers and has something to do with computer settings or the sound card __________________ One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

12-03-2005, 01:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jet Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5,288	I also didn't get an installation cd with my X-530's __________________ Macbook/Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz/2GB DDR2 667/60GB HD/OSX 10.4.11/160GB 3.5" Firewire External/160GB Maxtor One Touch 4 Mini External/

12-03-2005, 10:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
mega10169 Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 321	Speakers don't use drivers, none do. They never have and probably never will, so the Logitechs did not come with a driver CD. But your soundcard does use drivers, if there is sound coming out of your speakers that means its drivers are installed. __________________ My PC: Mobo: EVGA nForce 680i SLI CPU: Core 2 Duo e6300 @ 2.7GHz RAM: 3GB OCZ XTC DDR2 @ 800MHz Hard Drive: Western Digital 250GB and 640GB Video Card: EVGA 8800GTS 640MB x2 SLI PSU: Antec TruePower Trio 650 Case:

12-03-2005, 02:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
arethemad New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16	the speaker installation CD, the one that came with the speakers. A destructive recovery is when you recover your computer so its like it just came out of the box. I already dled the driver. any help on configuring it for 5.1 speakers? whenever I try to open up creative mediasource which is where it has their EAX controls which allowed me to get my rear speakers working in the first place, it says something about not detecting any speakers with my system, leading me to believe I need to do something with my speakers, not my soundcard.

12-03-2005, 03:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jerkstore Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 354	then you got ripped off go to logitech's website and download the driver

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