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Windows 7: No 5.1 on CMI8738

08 Feb 2010   #1

Win7
 
 
No 5.1 on CMI8738

I found a old 8738 CMedia card and installed it(a lot better than mine soundmax)And I found out that it produces only 2.1 not 5.1(i have 5.1 system).It seems not to recognizing the other speakers....it works on xp but not in Windows 7.On my soundmax onboard 5.1 works even on stereo music and films by turning on Sonic Focus in drivers.

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08 Feb 2010   #2

Win 7 Ultimate x64
Etobicoke, Ontario
 
 

aqth3r welcome to the forums.

If you haven't you can get the driver for that card from here,

C-Media Electronics, Inc.

Not sure about the beta drivers for Windows 7, but you can try the one for the CMI8768 for Vista it should work just as well (I had a look in the INF's from the Vista driver and it has the device ID's for most, if not all of the CMI8738 cards as well).
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08 Feb 2010   #3

Win7
 
 

I've got the latest driver for this chip.

Why the hell they messed surround sound in Windows 7 OMG!?>!
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08 Feb 2010   #4

Win7
 
 

Any help ? Or shall I throw the soundcard in the garbage?
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14 Feb 2010   #5

Win7
 
 

Bump
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14 Feb 2010   #6

Win 7 Ultimate x64
Etobicoke, Ontario
 
 

Assuming the C-Media software installed with the drivers (been a long time since I used a C-media based card, but it used to with the reference C-Media drivers) you should have a control panel that looks something like this,



if so, play around in it with the settings to see if you can get 5.1 working.
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15 Feb 2010   #7

Win7
 
 

Actually the cmedia Control Panel (Xear3d) in windows 7 is missing a lot of stuff.
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15 Feb 2010   #8

Win 7 Ultimate x64
Etobicoke, Ontario
 
 

Just wondering, you any idea who actually made the card? May or may not make any difference, but could help.

It may have a C-Media chip on it, but they didn't make the card, just the chip. Worse comes to worse you can also try the Vista driver from here (they don't have a 7 driver yet),

http://www.dmmdownload.com/product_search.php

for their XtremeSound 5.1 card (another card using the CMI8738 chip).
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15 Feb 2010   #9

Win7
 
 

Nope...and also the drivers aren't working, they are freezing Windows 7.

EDIT:They have released new drivers but still the same issue.
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15 Feb 2010   #10

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Chicago
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by aqth3r View Post
Nope...and also the drivers aren't working, they are freezing Windows 7.

EDIT:They have released new drivers but still the same issue.
You have 4GB RAM or more right?
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