Sub doesn't work...

[Justinkoko]

Current setup..

-Sony Receiver connected via analog 5.1 to X-FI sound card..
-All wires are properly connected to front,center,rear, and sub..
-All speakers work fine..even the sub works when I do a test under creative speaker setup...so it is connected properly..
-All speakers (including sub) work fine when music is played through CD player (not computer cd drive but standalone cd player connected via RCA to receiver)


the problem is...when i play a music or video...sub doesn't work at all.. i thinking the problem has to do with software and the source...any idea?

 

[illgiveumorality]

do your sound properties still say "5.1"?

 

[Justinkoko]

do your sound properties still say "5.1"?

yes.

as i said, under creative's setting, there is sound mixer with an option to choose speaker channels.

when i choose 5.1, an appropriate diagram shows up. if i click sub-woofer there, sub works fine.

i thought sub is always suppose to work when it is under 5.1 setting..

 

[Justinkoko]

to give you a better idea..

here's my audio setting...

when i click subwoofer there..it works fine..which means the wiring is done properly..

whenever i play audio, video, or game...it won't work...

________________________
|Front, Rear, Center, and sub|
-------------------------------------
|
|
___|_____
| Receiver|
|
|
| RCA male to stereo mini plug male
|
________________
|X-FI XtremeMusic|
------------------------

 

[Justinkoko]

anyone got a slightest idea on what's wrong with it?

is it creative's beta drive? vista? what?

hardware wise it should be all green right?

 

[Bleedblue12345]

prob both beta drivers and vista, id suggest going back to xp and reg drivers if u want sound to work properly, if that doesnt help then i dunno