Little To No Sound! Help

PC eye · 03-07-2007, 06:58 AM

The two links posted earlier are for Creative's support site. The first one will bring you directly to the series and model selector. The following page is for language, OS, and the type of download.

metallica7 · 03-08-2007, 04:12 AM

im having no luck and its making me angry

PC eye · 03-08-2007, 07:08 AM

With repeated attempts at updating and reinstalling the software it seems to be coming down to one thing. card failure. On the last build here the Audigy 2 ZS Gamer simply quit one day. The irony of that is that the sound card from the previous build was installed in another case with one of my old cpus and is still going strong! I think you are due for another card but if you any plans for Vista go with the X-FI series being the newest line out.

metallica7 · 03-09-2007, 04:12 AM

but how does that explain the fact that it works without a driver... (2.1)

PC eye · 03-09-2007, 09:39 AM

Do you have onboard sound and have you plugged the speakers in there rather then the sound card itself? With the sound drivers for the board installed and that enabled your sound would be coming from the onboard audio chip. The other thing is likely is that Windows installed a driver set for you by going online during an automatic search.

metallica7 · 03-10-2007, 05:47 AM

if ud tell me how to fix it instead of telling me possible reasons it would be nice

PC eye · 03-10-2007, 06:31 AM

Wnen you do hear sound from the card in the 2 1/2 is that at the 2 1/2 setting or even at the 5.1? With the software and drivers being installed correctly and still not hearing anything from the rear speakers could point at a bad jack on the card or something is no longer working like the portion of the audio chip for the rear channels. The idea of looking at different things is to see if this is software or hardware related. With a bad jack or failed chip the card would have to be replaced.

metallica7 · 03-10-2007, 06:34 PM

with drivers installed, nothing comes out of the speakers, i have to use the integrated audio, which is also suppose to use 5.1 but it only does 2.1 also....i think everythings set at 5.1 from what i can see. when no drivers are installed i get sound using the sound card....its 2.1.........when its using 2.1 at the 5.1 setting, the rear and middle speakers just crackle while the 2.1 plays

PC eye · 03-11-2007, 03:54 AM

If you are seeing this as well using the onboard either the mixer portion of the board software is having a problem or your speaker connection and rear speakers are...? If you have a portable stereo radio around turn the volume all the down first and unplug the rear speaker plug into the headphone jack there when the system is shutdown and all speakers are unplugged there.

When you turn on board speakers and the radio lightly turn the volume up since the output will be far higher then a sound card's. Remember only the rear speakers there to see if you hear normal output then. If not you either have a bad connection in the wiring like plug or small control card, or two speakers are bad. The description of hearing static points more at a bad connection like a partially broken wire in one of the cords.

metallica7 · 03-11-2007, 04:52 AM

no, this isnt the problem because i used these speakers just before this for my xbox and all speakers worked....it must be the mixer? i wonder how i should fix this....by the way i never told u...this is a soundblaster audigy 2....the normal model...

ALSO.... i have 2 mixers currently....the creative one AND the intregrated one...is that a problem? how to fix?

03-11-2007, 04:52 AM	#20 (permalink)
metallica7 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 42	no, this isnt the problem because i used these speakers just before this for my xbox and all speakers worked....it must be the mixer? i wonder how i should fix this....by the way i never told u...this is a soundblaster audigy 2....the normal model... ALSO.... i have 2 mixers currently....the creative one AND the intregrated one...is that a problem? how to fix? Last edited by metallica7; 03-11-2007 at 04:55 AM.

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03-07-2007, 06:58 AM	#11 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,333	The two links posted earlier are for Creative's support site. The first one will bring you directly to the series and model selector. The following page is for language, OS, and the type of download.

03-08-2007, 04:12 AM	#12 (permalink)
metallica7 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 42	im having no luck and its making me angry

03-08-2007, 07:08 AM	#13 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,333	With repeated attempts at updating and reinstalling the software it seems to be coming down to one thing. card failure. On the last build here the Audigy 2 ZS Gamer simply quit one day. The irony of that is that the sound card from the previous build was installed in another case with one of my old cpus and is still going strong! I think you are due for another card but if you any plans for Vista go with the X-FI series being the newest line out.

03-09-2007, 04:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
metallica7 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 42	but how does that explain the fact that it works without a driver... (2.1)

03-09-2007, 09:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,333	Do you have onboard sound and have you plugged the speakers in there rather then the sound card itself? With the sound drivers for the board installed and that enabled your sound would be coming from the onboard audio chip. The other thing is likely is that Windows installed a driver set for you by going online during an automatic search.

03-10-2007, 05:47 AM	#16 (permalink)
metallica7 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 42	if ud tell me how to fix it instead of telling me possible reasons it would be nice

03-10-2007, 06:31 AM	#17 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,333	Wnen you do hear sound from the card in the 2 1/2 is that at the 2 1/2 setting or even at the 5.1? With the software and drivers being installed correctly and still not hearing anything from the rear speakers could point at a bad jack on the card or something is no longer working like the portion of the audio chip for the rear channels. The idea of looking at different things is to see if this is software or hardware related. With a bad jack or failed chip the card would have to be replaced.

03-10-2007, 06:34 PM	#18 (permalink)
metallica7 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 42	with drivers installed, nothing comes out of the speakers, i have to use the integrated audio, which is also suppose to use 5.1 but it only does 2.1 also....i think everythings set at 5.1 from what i can see. when no drivers are installed i get sound using the sound card....its 2.1.........when its using 2.1 at the 5.1 setting, the rear and middle speakers just crackle while the 2.1 plays

03-11-2007, 03:54 AM	#19 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,333	If you are seeing this as well using the onboard either the mixer portion of the board software is having a problem or your speaker connection and rear speakers are...? If you have a portable stereo radio around turn the volume all the down first and unplug the rear speaker plug into the headphone jack there when the system is shutdown and all speakers are unplugged there. When you turn on board speakers and the radio lightly turn the volume up since the output will be far higher then a sound card's. Remember only the rear speakers there to see if you hear normal output then. If not you either have a bad connection in the wiring like plug or small control card, or two speakers are bad. The description of hearing static points more at a bad connection like a partially broken wire in one of the cords.