VIA HD Audio Deck or similar needed to configure 5.1 speakers

smuddell said:

BorisTheAnimal said:

smuddell said:

I tried these Realtek ones before I originally posted and none of them included a configuration program.

On Device Manager I have AMD High Definition Audio Device and VIA High Definition Audio.

I'm 99% certain it was the VIA HD Vdeck I used with no problems before my PC was rebuilt back to Windows 7.

Well I'm sorry but to me it is very confusing if the audio chip was Realtek but the actual software to controll it was VIA.

Though then we are again kind of stuck with the where to get this control software because all driver links that I've looked through say that the software will be installed upon installing the driver.

Have you gone through your hard drive looking for anything from either Realtek or VIA that would be a control software? E.g. "C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA"

I've attached a screenshot from System Information for Sound, don't know whether this will clear things up?

Hm thanks will have to look more closely into it tomorrow but have you tried uninstalling the drivers and reinstall it through Device Manager, maybe it would work?

smuddell said:

BorisTheAnimal said:

smuddell said:

I tried these Realtek ones before I originally posted and none of them included a configuration program.

On Device Manager I have AMD High Definition Audio Device and VIA High Definition Audio.

I'm 99% certain it was the VIA HD Vdeck I used with no problems before my PC was rebuilt back to Windows 7.

Well I'm sorry but to me it is very confusing if the audio chip was Realtek but the actual software to controll it was VIA.

Though then we are again kind of stuck with the where to get this control software because all driver links that I've looked through say that the software will be installed upon installing the driver.

Have you gone through your hard drive looking for anything from either Realtek or VIA that would be a control software? E.g. "C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA"

I've attached a screenshot from System Information for Sound, don't know whether this will clear things up?

Well I'll be damned.

I don't know if you have just stared yourself blind trying to solve this problem

but

In the screenshot that you uploaded we can clearly see the icon for the VIA HD audio deck, it's the furthermost to the left.

smuddell said:

BorisTheAnimal said:

smuddell said:

I've attached a screenshot from System Information for Sound, don't know whether this will clear things up?

Well I'll be damned.

I don't know if you have just stared yourself blind trying to solve this problem

but

In the screenshot that you uploaded we can clearly see the icon for the VIA HD audio deck, it's the furthermost to the left.

Haha, yes... Via HD Audio Deck was what I was originally after when I first posted the thread, and on page 1 Lava King posted the link to Gigabyte's site as he spotted that Rev 5.0 of the drivers included the software (I'd tried Rev 6.0!).

So this enabled me to get hold of the Via software which I've since been using, this is what enabled me to get sound from both front speakers plus centre and subwoofer, but nothing from rear pair! And this is where I've become stuck! I have reasonable sound quality from the speakers that ARE working, but missing out on the full 5.1 effect!

Well normally there would be a drop down menu box somewhere inside the software and from there you should be able to configure the right audio setup, for example this is how it would look for me in the Realtek HDA manager:


PS sorry my bad I thought it still was a driver/software issue.

smuddell said:

This is my Via HD Audio screen as I have it set up - I've played with every combination I can think of and those rear speakers just won't work (unless I swap the buttons under Back Panel on the right, so that back becomes front and front becomes back!!! But that just makes the front speakers stop working instead!!!

Alright well I don't know if this is again something obvious but have you done anything here:
Control Panel -> Sound -> Select your speakers -> Configure

smuddell said:

BorisTheAnimal said:

smuddell said:

This is my Via HD Audio screen as I have it set up - I've played with every combination I can think of and those rear speakers just won't work (unless I swap the buttons under Back Panel on the right, so that back becomes front and front becomes back!!! But that just makes the front speakers stop working instead!!!

Alright well I don't know if this is again something obvious but have you done anything here:
Control Panel -> Sound -> Select your speakers -> Configure

Yes already been there done that! I think I will just have to be content with what I've got!

Or buy an external sound card.

But hey I'm sorry I couldn't solve this issue. :/

Cheers
Boris :)

Oh by the way what are the options when you press these two buttons?