Scrambled Noise At Higher Frequencies

BlackMaterial said:

I laughed at 'it is the nature of the beast'.

Anyhow, ofcourse when I first got my computer I tried using my motherboard audio ports for my 5.1 surround sound.
but that didn't really work, since i didn't get my speaker set to fully work.

But it might be better to use my motherboard outputs or perhaps purchase a new audio card..

I can question myself; why must I endure such problems if i spent so much on a good computer.

What do you advise at this point?

Regards,
BlackMaterial

I would advise you to use the on-board audio in stereo mode for the moment, and look at getting a new card to support your 5:1 sound system.

Regards....Mike Connor

You can also get external audio devices that will do that nicely;

external sound card 5.1 - Google Search

Regards....Mike Connor

BlackMaterial said:

Result of this change:

- No more crackling sounds, dips, valleys or helicopter flights.
- Only my front left and front right speaker work.
Already went to: Control Panel -> Sound
- Configure speakers -> 5.1 surround (rear), went through the entire process.

All I need now, is to get all 5 speakers working at the same time.
And I'll be happy, once more.

Little victory, but we're not there yet.

Regards,
BlackMaterial

Very good. Make sure your on-board audio supports 5:1 sound. Many only support stereo.

Regards....Mike Connor

AMD Chipsets for Desktop PCs

You need to look at the specifications for the chip on your board. If it supports 5:1 Sound, it will say so in the specifications.

Just because you can plug everything in does not mean things will work as you expect. You have to set it up properly.

You have to do this slowly and methodically if you have never done it before, and you need to carefully note what you are doing.

If you keep on adding variables to the thread we will never get anywhere, and you will simply end up very confused.

Might I suggest you have something to eat, sleep on it, and we can continue, or start afresh, tomorrow?

Regards....Mike Connor

Good Grief!

Look - go right back to basics.

Take card out after deleting drivers.
Uninstall any Audio progs you see in 'programs and features'
Delete all the audio drivers in "computer management"
Download a driver sweeper and get rid of extraneuos audio driver leftovers.

Reboot and either reinsert your soundcard/drivers (after disabling onboard audio chip in bios) then see if Win7 downloads drivers for it first

or use onboard sound chip/drivers.

Just to try to explain
(I'm still learning this gumpf so hopefully others can add a bit)

music = 2 channel stereo
(unless you run a special 5.1 SACD like Pink Floyd but you need a special DVD player that reads SACD's)
some cards have software that converts this two channel source to quasi 5.1/7.1

A 5.1 Game (audio) or DVD 5.1 film produces 5.1
So test 5.1 output with a film - not a music source

Good luck!