5.1 - sound only coming from 2 speakers in windows 7

[Pandy90]

Ok now, Try downloading the latest Drivers from here:

ftp://202.134.71.21/pc/audio/Vista_Win7_R241.zip

Additionally, can you provide the Laptop make and model ?

I installed the latest drivers last night but still had no luck.

My laptop is Acer Aspire 5935G

 

[Venths]

OK, give me some time. I will get back to you

 

[Venths]

OK now, uninstall the existing AUDIO driver fully from the Laptop. Visit the below link and select the accurate model and download the Audio drivers. I see that the drivers are available

Acer Support - Download Drivers

 

[Pandy90]

OK now, uninstall the existing AUDIO driver fully from the Laptop. Visit the below link and select the accurate model and download the Audio drivers. I see that the drivers are available

Acer Support - Download Drivers

They are the drivers that my laptop came installed with but the problem was still the same with them

 

[Venths]

I understand, but just want you to try reinstalling

OK in the below website. I see that they have given the Realtek driver version 2.30 which is for your 8 channel ALC 889 driver, on your Laptop. The latest version is 2.41 which you have installed.

RealTek ALC889 Driver Download

So try installing this. Sometimes the old version of the drivers will fix the issue

Note: You will get two installer files in the ZIP download. Just install the Audio driver and ignore the other software.

 

[Pandy90]

I understand, but just want you to try reinstalling

OK in the below website. I see that they have given the Realtek driver version 2.30 which is for your 8 channel ALC 889 driver, on your Laptop. The latest version is 2.41 which you have installed.

RealTek ALC889 Driver Download

So try installing this. Sometimes the old version of the drivers will fix the issue

Note: You will get two installer files in the ZIP download. Just install the Audio driver and ignore the other software.

O yes I remember now, when I installed the latest drivers, the realtek control software dissapeared and I couldn't find it anywhere nor install it, so I had to do a system restore. Sorry, I was so tired last night when I did this, that I forgot all about it

 

[Venths]

Yeah, try it and let us see what happens

 

[Pandy90]

Yeah, try it and let us see what happens

Well I won't be home till around 10pm (GMT) tonight to i'll try it then and let you know

EDIT: I just checked the Acer drivers website for windows 7 (64bit) drivers and there is only audio drivers for the HDMI audio output

 

[Venths]

Okay no issues.

And I was about to ask if its 32 or 64 Bit. OK then, am leaving too. Hope it will work !!!

 

[Pandy90]

I will try this tommorrow. I'll use winamp for now

 

[Melee54]

There's no point in doing any of that. Everybody on Windows 7 who has a Realtek HD Audio has this problem. Check the 5.1 Surround Sound thread. Should be on page one or 2 here...

The only working methods that I know of are enabling the awful speakerfill option, or some other dumb enhancement that isn't true 5.1

No drivers work. We've contacted realtek but they seem to ignore the issue. So, I've been using speakerfill since Windows 7 came out... Sigh.

 

[Pandy90]

There's no point in doing any of that. Everybody on Windows 7 who has a Realtek HD Audio has this problem. Check the 5.1 Surround Sound thread. Should be on page one or 2 here...

The only working methods that I know of are enabling the awful speakerfill option, or some other dumb enhancement that isn't true 5.1

No drivers work. We've contacted realtek but they seem to ignore the issue. So, I've been using speakerfill since Windows 7 came out... Sigh.

I was told to enable speakerfill but I cannot seem to find it anywhere :shock:

 

[Melee54]

I was told to enable speakerfill but I cannot seem to find it anywhere :shock:

That's where mine is at... But I'm sure you've already looked there.

How odd....

 

[Dwarf]

Don't forget that you can only get 5.1 sound from sources that are encoded as 5.1. If it is only a stereo source, you will only get a stereo output unless you have an audio processor that can generate the necessary channels from a stereo input. This is what Speaker Fill does. Note that whilst it does allow sound to be heard from all of the speakers, it is not true multi-channel but merely emulated.

 

[Venths]

I was told to enable speakerfill but I cannot seem to find it anywhere :shock:

That's where mine is at... But I'm sure you've already looked there.

How odd....

* Please check #5 post. The user do not have the 'Speaker Fill' option !!!

* Yes, Realtek Audio has many problems for Windows 7. But, all we try are work arounds and it works in most cases. In the same thread, it has been solved for another user.

 

[Pandy90]

I was told to enable speakerfill but I cannot seem to find it anywhere :shock:

That's where mine is at... But I'm sure you've already looked there.

How odd....

* Please check #5 post. The user do not have the 'Speaker Fill' option !!!

* Yes, Realtek Audio has many problems for Windows 7. But, all we try are work arounds and it works in most cases. In the same thread, it has been solved for another user.

Can I just point out that in post #2 the user points out that he has a Supreme FX-II sound card not realtek

 

[Venths]

Yeah rite.

But, do you try my last instructions ? to roll back your drivers?

 

[Pandy90]

Yeah rite.

But, do you try my last instructions ? to roll back your drivers?

Still havn't tried this yet. I've not really had the chance this week, not really had enough time to do it. I will try it when I get some time on my hands

 

[Venths]

OK. I will await your reply