Posts by Christian Morris2

Benjamin King2 said:Are you plugging those headphones into the speakers or the front panel?

"When I plug my headphones into that speaker, it doesn't sound right, and if I use headphones, nothing comes out." What's that supposed to mean? Your headphones aren't gonna work on a line-out channel because there isn't enough juice; the headphone jack has its own dedicated amp for that reason. Where exactly were you plugging them in?

They're these Logitech speakers:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speake...e&strf=Partner

I was plugging the headphones into what I'd call the "main speaker."

Benjamin King2 said:Did you try turning on speaker fill in the Intel Manager?

Nah, just flipped it on and things are looking up, but one speaker sounds totally wonky and the audio through my headphones is a complete disaster.

Taylor Morales31 said:Just throw on a 5.1 movie and see what happens. As far as I know, most music is just recorded in stereo, and hardware can't exactly conjure up sound for channels that aren't even there. Maybe I'm wrong, but seriously, try testing it with a 5.1 film file. 👍

Actually, looking at my tests, every speaker is working fine except for the Right one—it’s got that on/off switch. It’s barely putting out any sound at all.🤷

Anyone else run into speaker issues on Windows 7? Just finished installing Windows 7 yesterday and I've got a 5.1 setup ready to go. I grabbed the latest Intel drivers, and everything sounds perfect during the driver test—all channels hit. But the second I pull up a YouTube video or play a track from my hard drive, it’s like the system forgets the rest of the gear exists. Only the front two speakers and the sub kick in; the center channel and the rear two just make this faint, crackling noise and then nothing. It's driving me nuts. Even when I plug headphones into the jack for the silent speakers, there's zero sound. Anyone dealt with this before? Any ideas? Thanks!

Is hanging out near a 10 kV transformer actually bad for you? I’m at work right now, sitting about 15 feet away from one, separated only by a wall. The transformer is basically just one floor down from me. People always say the radiation levels are negligible, but does being exposed to that for an 8-hour shift actually do anything to your health?