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Subwoofer doesn't seem to work
Hi everyone,
I've just picked up my new computer and I'm trying to get it to work properly. Everything's working, except that I can't seem to get anything coming out of the subwoofer.
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with SP1 and all the updates. I've got an Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 motherboard and I'm using a TDK Tremor Xa-31. From what I can tell, it's a cheap and nasty speaker system. It's 5.1 surround sound, but I'd like to run it in 2.1. Also, I've got the latest (2.66) HD drivers from Realtek.
All of the speakers work fine, whether in 5.1 or 2.1; but the subwoofer just doesn't seem to work. I think at one point when I was testing it (clicking on the subwoofer icon in the audio manager screen) I could hear the slightest, short bass noise coming out, but I actually think it was coming from my speakers. It doesn't make that noise any more though - though I don't know whether that's due to my constant fiddling with the settings or because it's just not working properly.
I've made sure that I've got the bass knob turned fully up (and every time I test it I test it with the dial turned all the way back, just in case the sub is backwards or something ). I've tried setting it to stereo in both the Windows 7 audio setup and in the Realtek setup. I've also tried setting it up as 5.1, then unticking everything but the subwoofer.
I've searched a lot for this, but I can only find threads from a few years ago. I'm assuming that the Realtek drivers have taken a turn for the worse since then - the solution in almost every thread that I read involved making use of various options that don't seem to be available any more (such as checking "bass management" or changing the environment to "room" - I honestly cannot find either of these options).
So, I thought I'd post on here in the hopes that there's a more recent solution for this issue. I haven't tested the speakers on a 32 bit XP system yet to see if it's just Windows 7 64 bit being a pain. I'll try to in a few days if I can. However, it's a new sound system, so I can't imagine that the subwoofer is dead already.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much,
Matt
Edit: I've posted a screenshot of my current configuration. I've only connected the front speakers and the subwoofer, but I've put it on 5.1 configuration. It still doesn't work