Posts by Jamie Hughes6

Thomas Hernandez21 said:Just make sure you grab an external sound card that actually supports 5.1😬

👍👍thanks for the tip

Thomas Hernandez21 said:Wait, you bought a 5.1 system but didn't realize you only have a stereo output? 😬 Where the hell are all those cables even plugged in? Honestly, I can't remember the last time I saw a laptop with actual 5.1 audio support. You've got two choices:

a) buy an external sound card and plug everything into that
b) grab a 3.5mm splitter, but it's gonna be total garbage and won't work right

dammit... so option A is better, which means it's also more expensive...

Joshua Garcia3 said:Which exact Acer Emachines are you rocking? Check the sticker on the bottom of the laptop and tell me the model. 🙂

Seems like my Emachines G725 doesn't support 5.1 audio.
Looks like I just threw my money down the drain.😢
Or maybe there's some adapter you can plug into that speaker jack, then just hook up those three green, orange, and black cables.

Thomas Hernandez21 said:Then you gotta install the actual sound drivers, because you’re probably stuck using those generic ones right now. Just hit up the motherboard manufacturer's site and pick your specific model.

Installed it again. Still doing the same thing.

Joshua Garcia3 said:Right-click the speaker icon in the taskbar > Sounds > Playback tab. Select Speakers, then hit Configure down in the bottom left corner of that window. Pick 5.1 Surround and run the test.
Mess around with the settings inside those windows. 🙂

Sorry, but can you walk me through that again? Either I’m being a complete idiot or there's something seriously wrong with my week.😕 I've tried everything and I can't find those settings anywhere. Nothing.

Joshua Garcia3 said:What remote? We're talking about a PC, not some stereo system, since he asked this under the Windows 7 thread.😕

Which motherboard are we even talking about? Brand and model.🙂

It's a laptop, an Acer Emachines... can't find it in the settings, it worked fine on Windows XP.

Quick question, I just picked up a 5.1 surround system and I can't find the settings to get it all working right. Everything sounds fine, but I'm only getting sound from two speakers and the subwoofer—the other three are totally dead.

Benjamin King2 said:How many times are you trying to activate the same Windows? You just said you installed the same Windows on two different PCs, right?

Well, that's exactly where the issue is.
I put it on my rig first, then tried it on a buddy's

And it works for him, but it won't work for me.

Benjamin King2 said:Alright, enough with the nonsense... anyone who asks an activation question should be forced to take a month off.

You're being a total pain in the ass😕
instead of actually answering why it works on one PC but fails on the other...

Timothy Taylor42 said:That would mean you've only got 12 days left before Windows needs activation.
No problem.

Yeah, you're right, but if it doesn't reset to 25-30 days after those 12 days are up, we've got a problem.

placidorca31 said:HELP!!! I'm freaking out, someone please help me!!
I've got an ASUS A7U laptop and just installed Windows 7 today, but there's a massive issue—the drivers on the included CD aren't working, and Windows didn't even bother auto-installing my graphics or sound card drivers!!

Try installing them manually through Device Manager, assuming you can actually get online first.

Googled it again. Still nothing.
My head is absolutely pounding.
I've got Mexican set on my Windows updates, but it’s still not quite right.

Anyone know if there's an American English translation available for Windows 7 somewhere?

Alright, let's run a quick poll. Who's actually running Windows 7 smoothly, and who's dealing with constant lag and glitches? ☕☕

feralmarlin8 said:Is it even worth upgrading to Windows 7?

Some idiot's gonna tell you it's worth it and some other idiot's gonna say it isn't. Decide for yourself.

neonmaker12 said:Yeah, right. Like everyone in this thread actually owns an original! 🤣

pretty much everyone 🙂🙂🙂🙂

George Chavez89 said:just installed Windows 7 and honestly, I've got nothing but praise. This system is killer. Way better than Vista.
Speed-wise? It's fantastic. I'm running a 2.6 dual core with 2 GB of RAM and it's actually outperforming my buddy's Vista setup, which has a 3.2 clocked 64-bit processor and 2 GB of RAM.

Even browsing the web feels faster. Now I just gotta get used to everything compared to how XP worked.

It’s easy enough to get used to something better. 🙂🙂🙂🙂

driftingmarlin70 said:signature 👍

Instead, I wanna know if Win 7 would run on a 1.5 GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM?
It's a laptop

The official requirements say 1 GHz and 1 GB of RAM
So here's the deal:
It'll run, but it's gonna lag like crazy.
Then you'll just end up whining about how crappy it is and how they built it wrong.

Joshua Garcia3 said:Win 7 runs fine even on an older rig:

P4 2.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce

Zero issues. 👍

That's plenty for basic work
I'm talking about "junkers"

I don't get why everyone's whining about the new week when it works perfectly fine
If people actually bothered to check the system requirements before installing, they'd realize it isn't meant to run on ancient junk with 512MB of RAM and an 0.80 GHz processor—not to mention a GPU that can barely handle Tetris

Just buy some new PCs and enjoy yourselves

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