"Broken" Sound Card

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DarkProject43
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"Broken" Sound Card

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Hello,
First, i would like to say hello again, many of the older members may remember me (Lucifer). I used to go by "skullflame" or some other form of the phrase, i was an annoying kid with adhd :twisted: that was on the Internet playing games and spamming forums with non-scene, most of you probably ignored me and went on with you business. :roll: The reason I'm making this sort of introduction is to let you all know that i have grown up since then and no longer am i the same infuriating child. I'm 16, a junior in high school 8) and im currently 3/4 of the way into my Cisco networking coarse with A+ hardware next year. thats about all i really feel the need to share as none of this has anything at all to do with the topic at hand, and most of you really don't care or have no clue what i'm talking about.

I have not been here in a long time, i got out of the tron game awhile back and never really felt the need to play the game anymore as i didn't understand the fine mechanics of it. As of about a week ago tho i have found a new liking for it, i stumbled upon the program while cleaning out my ever-filling hardrive.


This brings me to the topic of this thread, i have a generic dell computer, although I am saving to buy parts for a new computer and i have a case already, with a graphics card on the way, im stuck with what i have for now.

The sound card is relativity nice, 5.1 sound blaster live, and i have never really had any issues with it when using the stereo jack for the 2 speakers i had. I recently just bought the speakers i have always wanted however (Logitech Z-5500 E) and i love them. They are hooked as of now by way of a digital coax cable to my dvd player for my home theater, and the 6channel direct lines to my sound card. When i build my new computer none of this will be a issue because i will have a optic port on the sound card and will run to the speakers from that. As of now tho i seem to be having a problem with the driver of my sound card, or ports, i'm not quiet sure which.

When i hook the 6 channel direct cables into my sound card, the front right and left audio comes in fine (green cable) as do the rear left and right audio (black cable). The problem lies with the center/sub audio (yellow cable). When i have them running and i am doing a audio test built into the receiver on the speakers, they are all functioning normally. When i run a audio test from my computer however the front right, left and the rear right and left do fine, but i get no sound out of my sub and the sound from my center channel in very hard to hear.

My first thought was that the port on the card was dirty or bad, but that was dismissed when i played a audio test of just the center channel, and it worked, but getting barely a burp from the sub. so now i am thinking that if i had a driver that lets me adjust the volume of individual speakers then that might help or even solve the problem.

I am at a loss as to what kind/ where to look to find anything like this or if this is even the problem i am having.


Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

also please excuse grammar/layout as i don't put my thoughts in detailed paper often.
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Welcome back, it has not been that long ago though. I don't have an answer for your question, but i surprisingly remember you skullflame. I must have read your nonsense too often. How's your father doing after that trouble last year.
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Post by Loor »

Hello again.

You could get a mac, and if you hate Mac OSX, install Linux.

But other than that I can't really help you.

I'm better at software problems.
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Maybe the wire is broken?
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Post by DarkProject43 »

kyle wrote:Welcome back, it has not been that long ago though. I don't have an answer for your question, but i surprisingly remember you skullflame. I must have read your nonsense too often. How's your father doing after that trouble last year.
Uhh, my rents got a divorce. Not really sure if i told you that. My father lives in Arizona now, hes pretty happy out there. Half of my paychecks are going to a car so i have plans to go and see him as soon as possible.

As for the cable, im sure its not broken as its a brand new set and I have tried the cable for other applications (switching cables).

At school right now, ill look into it more when i get home, have work at 5 tho.


-Edit

I'm home from work, i cleaned out my whole computer and cleaned the sound card with rubbing alcohol, still no luck yet. Although i did notice that the sound is coming in much more clear then it was befor on all speakers. I'm getting almost no static at all now, but its still not equal to the rest of the speakers, leading me to a conclusion that because i have never used that port on the card that it was only dirty. However this fails to solve the problem that i need a equalizer for my computer and that will most likely solve my dilemma.

I have found one that i could use, and i think I should have because its the same brand as my card, but as i have moved many times in the past year and reformatted my computer many times since it was bought, i no longer have it.

HTTP://www.soundblaster.com/products/en ... e.jpg&alt=

This is a picture of the equalizer from their "top of the line sound card" and i really like the layout of it, also from the looks of it i could adjust the volume of individual speakers to suit my needs.

http://www.soundblaster.com/products/pr ... duct=17813\

This is a link to the page where the card is at, although I'm finding the site to be rather hard to navigate, and i would probably be better off looking for a torrent of the program, if anyone has advice that would be great.
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I blame Windows.. :evil:
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I blame Python.. :evil:
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