Hi there,
I recently purchased Hercules XPS 510 surround sound speaker system and also used a Creative SB Live! sound card so that I could get the most out of the speakers. Im not sure exactly wha sound card i have but it is dated 2002 so pretty old!
Anyway, there are 5 speakers and a SubWoofer with this package. Each speaker connects to the sub, and then there are 3 cables from the sub that connect to the sound card. Orange, black and yellow. Also cables are correctly set up...believe me i have checked them dozens of times.
Now the problem is that 3 of the speaker work perfectly and so does the SubWoofer, but 2 of the speakers dont play any sound!! But its strange because when there is no music, sound etc and i turn the volume to maximum, i can clearly hear that they are on and are both in working order because i can hear that horrible hissing-like sound. Ive tried re-arranging the cables about and that didnt work. Ive also been through and configured the sound card software with speakers and i did this also with the Control panel speaker settings.
Another strange thing is, when i open up the Creative sound mixer to test the speakersit plays 5 sounds, 1 from 4 speakers each and 1 from the sub??? And then one doesnt even play a sound? its seems really odd. Its as if the sub is being counted as a speaker by the software.
Can any of you help me please, its so frustrating!!
Thanks,
Dean
I recently purchased Hercules XPS 510 surround sound speaker system and also used a Creative SB Live! sound card so that I could get the most out of the speakers. Im not sure exactly wha sound card i have but it is dated 2002 so pretty old!
Anyway, there are 5 speakers and a SubWoofer with this package. Each speaker connects to the sub, and then there are 3 cables from the sub that connect to the sound card. Orange, black and yellow. Also cables are correctly set up...believe me i have checked them dozens of times.
Now the problem is that 3 of the speaker work perfectly and so does the SubWoofer, but 2 of the speakers dont play any sound!! But its strange because when there is no music, sound etc and i turn the volume to maximum, i can clearly hear that they are on and are both in working order because i can hear that horrible hissing-like sound. Ive tried re-arranging the cables about and that didnt work. Ive also been through and configured the sound card software with speakers and i did this also with the Control panel speaker settings.
Another strange thing is, when i open up the Creative sound mixer to test the speakersit plays 5 sounds, 1 from 4 speakers each and 1 from the sub??? And then one doesnt even play a sound? its seems really odd. Its as if the sub is being counted as a speaker by the software.
Can any of you help me please, its so frustrating!!
Thanks,
Dean
