Vista - Got 5 speakers on 2 work?!?!?

Hello,

I have five speakers but only 2 seem to work?!?! I have gone to sound
settings but cannot see any thing that can help me. I have gone to configure
and It only picks two. under audio channels its says Stereo.

Any ideas

Luke

What sound card is it ? Are you using a 5.1 processor along with your
system ? What drivers are loaded ? What version are those drivers ? Is
the card known to be compatible with Vista ? What version of the OS do you
have ? RC1 or RC2 ?

Too little information to really give you any good feedback...

Chris

"Luke Chalmers" <LukeChalmers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ECBA0E27-CE39-44EB-89FB-F6271A76F079@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have five speakers but only 2 seem to work?!?! I have gone to sound
> settings but cannot see any thing that can help me. I have gone to
> configure
> and It only picks two. under audio channels its says Stereo.
>
> Any ideas
>
> Luke

Luke--

When that happens I would:

1) Unplug any connections into your sound card in the back of the PC and
replug. Make sure all connections from those speakers are in tight and
there isn't a loose connection port.
2) Open box and make sure you clean it and the sound card from dust, etc.
3) Go to the Sound applet on the Vista control panel and make sure you open
up every possible button that shows a speaker configuration and ensure that
a pulldown for Surround or 5 Speakers or words similar is selected.
4) Make sure you have the latest appropriate driver downloaded from the
sound card manufacturer's site if the sound card is free standing as per
Chris' suggestions.

CH


"Luke Chalmers" <LukeChalmers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ECBA0E27-CE39-44EB-89FB-F6271A76F079@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have five speakers but only 2 seem to work?!?! I have gone to sound
> settings but cannot see any thing that can help me. I have gone to
> configure
> and It only picks two. under audio channels its says Stereo.
>
> Any ideas
>
> Luke