Do i have a sound card problem?

[Northern Star]

not sure whats goin on - i have a 5.1 surround speaker set up for my pc and two of the lil bleeders aint working? also when i plug my headphones into the pc im only getting sound in one ear!

recording into my pc is a little bit shite too on playback cant seem to get a decent sound quality although that might be the needles i have and my mixer could do with replacing both tbh

so im not sure if im in need of a new soundcard or not - anyone help me out?

thank you please

 

[nazzer]

not sure whats goin on - i have a 5.1 surround speaker set up for my pc and two of the lil bleeders aint working? also when i plug my headphones into the pc im only getting sound in one ear!

recording into my pc is a little bit shite too on playback cant seem to get a decent sound quality although that might be the needles i have and my mixer could do with replacing both tbh

so im not sure if im in need of a new soundcard or not - anyone help me out?

thank you please

Have they worked previously and stopped working? If you look at the back of your computer, does the audio cables go into the motherboard? or does it have its own separate card? cheers G

 

[Northern Star]

yep both worked previously?

not sure whether or not i have a seperate card or whether its on board?

i can tell you its realtek tho? id need to have a look when i get home tbh nazzer hun im a bit of a technophobe when it comes to opening up the tower :$

 

[Judderz]

Have you installed any new software lately Debs, as sometimes my sound mutes itself when I 've installed something new, I just open my sound devices (Start/Control Panel/Sounds & Audio Devices), just have a nosey in there and see if everything is ok etc

 

[Northern Star]

i had a look in last night and couldnt see anything untoward hun! it seems to be just one channel......which maight explain why im only getting one side of my headphones playing! driving me mad tho cus my sound quality seems really poor in comparison

 

[nazzer]

i had a look in last night and couldnt see anything untoward hun! it seems to be just one channel......which maight explain why im only getting one side of my headphones playing! driving me mad tho cus my sound quality seems really poor in comparison

if you right click the volume icon in the bottom of the sys tray next to the clock, and select adjust audio properties, then select the audio tab, and see what the pc is outputing the audio to, do you have a choice of devices?

Also right click on the volume again and select open vol control, is all the vol bars maxed out, and the balance central??

cheers let me know how u get on.

 

[Northern Star]

cheers nazzer m8 ill give it a go tonight!

 

[Northern Star]

Right ... ive done everything youve told me to do and everything seems set as it should be!

still two speakers out and only one side of headphones working

Its doin me swede in

 

[nazzer]

Right ... ive done everything youve told me to do and everything seems set as it should be!

still two speakers out and only one side of headphones working

Its doin me swede in

well if you wanna drop it off - i'll have a look for you in my dinner time at work..

 

[Northern Star]

well if you wanna drop it off - i'll have a look for you in my dinner time at work..

might be bit far im in blackburn chuck? where you at chuck

 

[zoom]

Could it be a setting on the mixer itself? Odd times i myself have knocked the 'split-cue' or channel switch & ended up with 1 ear monitoring then spent ages sussing the problem. Try the headphones with another source like a CD player then do a process of elimination. If it does end up as 1 sided from the PC itself check your jack plugs etc are fully pushed home.

If all that fails gimme a shout.

-DZ

 

[nazzer]

might be bit far im in blackburn chuck? where you at chuck

I'm in Middlewich, mid cheshire J18 m6

or at work Alderley Edge near Macclesfield

 

[Northern Star]

Could it be a setting on the mixer itself? Odd times i myself have knocked the 'split-cue' or channel switch & ended up with 1 ear monitoring then spent ages sussing the problem. Try the headphones with another source like a CD player then do a process of elimination. If it does end up as 1 sided from the PC itself check your jack plugs etc are fully pushed home.

If all that fails gimme a shout.

-DZ

hi chucky egg! my headphones work perfectly when plugged into the mixer its purly the pc jack that plays one sided ive pushed the plug in as much as it will go still only one ear playing - defo thiinking ive got one channel out somewhere on my sound card cus everything did play fine once upon a time i dont get it......making listening to music via the pc hard work cus its sounding rough

 

[Northern Star]

I'm in Middlewich, mid cheshire J18 m6

or at work Alderley Edge near Macclesfield

ah your not far away from marcus then chuck still a bit far to be popping on the lunch hour tho! really apprecitiate this tho nazzer - top man! id drop it off but im not too sure i could cope without my pc for any length of time :$ :$ :$ if i dont get it sorted tho ill give you a shout - needs must and all that jazz

 

[nazzer]

ah your not far away from marcus then chuck still a bit far to be popping on the lunch hour tho! really apprecitiate this tho nazzer - top man! id drop it off but im not too sure i could cope without my pc for any length of time :$ :$ :$ if i dont get it sorted tho ill give you a shout - needs must and all that jazz

No worries, if any of your mates are into pc's then maybe they could check it out for ya, a quick look on microdirect shows this sound card for a PCI slot, which virtually all pc's have.

Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Series Xtreme Audio OEM - 30SB079200000 - www.microdirect.co.uk,

Good luck and all the best

 

[Northern Star]

cheers nazzer - not sure any of my mates are technically minded i just dont understand why theyre not working when they always have before i hate things like this happening cus i cant fix it and that pisses me off! ill be sat here till i give up trying lol :$

 

[nazzer]

cheers nazzer - not sure any of my mates are technically minded i just dont understand why theyre not working when they always have before i hate things like this happening cus i cant fix it and that pisses me off! ill be sat till i give up trying lol :$

Mate, pieces of kit sometimes fail, simple as that. The only way to test it is to drop a soundcard into it, and see if the problem lies on the motherboard, or in the computer settings

have you moved your pc at all?

frustrating i know, but i see it all day, every day, peoples hard drives crash out , lost docs..

When's the last time you backed up all your vital docs/photo's tunes videos etc. Its sh1t but most pc's these days only have a shelf life of 2/3 yrs. I know i'm guilty of this too, but if these pieces of data are important to you, you must think. if my hard disk died tommorow, what have I backed up on a seperate drive / disk... :|

G

 

[Northern Star]

ive managed to back up some but not all of my music files - tbh its something i do need to crack on with cus ive lost one harddrive before now!

after doing a little searching via the web it would appear my soundcard (realtec ac97 audio) is actually an on board card ? ive checked the drivers and they are up to date also

my whole pc came built as standerd when i bought it - the only thing ive changed is an upgrade to more ram! havnt moved anything or changed anything to my knowledge which is why im thinking maybe my onboard sound is shot at! ive had the pc for about 2 n half yrs now never really had any probs before now and it would be the sound that goes - which is the one thing i do most with my pc - just when i start to record my own stuff too Im still getting sound just not as good as i once did - bummer eh could hear a pin drop through these speakers once upon a time!

 

[Jiglo]

Got a spare card if you want it Debs

 

[Northern Star]

Got a spare card if you want it Debs

oooo brill jim lettuce know how much ya want for it hun n ill sort it out

then all i have to do is suss out how to fit one lol :$