Hello,

I have tried googling this problem and have tried what feels like (but obviously isn't) every sollution posted!

I bought a computer second hand, and all in all it's an upgrade from my last computer, except for one thing: I can not for the world get my speakers to play any kind of 5.1 sound.

The sound drivers installed are Realtek High Definition Audio 6.0.1.6602 - but this could be a mistake on my side, as for all I know, I'm not even supposed to have them installed. As the newbie I am, I just assumed I needed the Realtek Audio Manager like I did on my last computer, to get the 5.1 sound to work, and this is probably completely wrong, heh.



So how can I get the 5.1 sound to work? What information do you need to guide me? And how do I find that information?

If the motherboard type is needed (I read somewhere else it might be) then I assume it's this: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 2A73h 1.01

When I go to the Control Panel, there is no Realtek Audio Manager there. Clicking Sound, I get the following information:

Speakers
Realtek High Definition Audio
Default Device

Clicking Configure, I only have ONE option: Stereo. No 5.1.

Can anyone help me figure this out? I really want the option to listen to sound from all my speakers (I don't even care if it's pure 5.1 sound, as long as there's music/sound coming from all the speakers I'm happy!)

Thank you in advance,
Daniel

There's no yellow marker. So am I to right click "Realtek High Definition Audio" and select uninstall?

I mean, the subwoofer, and the two front speakers work. It's the two back speakers and the center speaker that do not work.

The speakers work fine on my other older computer, which had Windows XP installed.

To try see if they work, I plugged them in to my iPhone, and sure enough, they do work - the Green one plays music from the front speakers, the black one from the rear, and the red from the center.

There's no other connector on my computer apart from the three in the back (red, blue and green), where I plugged them in accordingly (except I plugged in the black plug thingy to the blue connector).

But in Windows 7 I cannot find any way to get 5.1 sound!

Thanks, but that doesn't really help me, as there is no Audio Manager of any kind in my control panel - and all those suggestions involve using the Realtek Audio Manager... Which I guess is one of my main issues.

So I should start my deleting the Realtek High Definition Audio drivers by going to Device Manager -> Sound, Video and Game Controllers -> Realtek High Definition Audio, right click it, and select Uninstall, correct? (I'm sorry for asking the most basic questions, I just want to make sure I do the right things).

Also, what do I search for on the Asustek website?