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Anyone still running Windows 7?

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Douglas Garcia52 Douglas Garcia52 Newcomer
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joined Sep 2010
#2001 ·
Joshua Garcia3 said:What remote? We're talking about a PC here, not some old-school stereo system, especially since he posted this under the Windows 7 thread. 😕

Which motherboard are we even looking at? Brand, model, what's the deal? 🙂

I mean, if he picked up a 5.1 channel speaker setup,
these days most of those things come with a remote included anyway.
Jamie Hughes6 Jamie Hughes6 Member
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joined Nov 2009
#2002 ·
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.
Roger Brown50 Roger Brown50 Newcomer
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joined Mar 2014
#2003 ·
Does anyone happen to know of any cool gadgets out there? 😁
Joshua Garcia3 Joshua Garcia3 Active Member
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joined Jun 2008
#2004 ·
Jamie Hughes6 said:Just one quick question—I picked up a 5.1 surround sound system, but I can't seem to find the settings to make it all work. Everything seems fine, but I'm only getting audio from two speakers and the subwoofer; the other three aren't doing anything.

Right-click the speaker icon in your system tray > Sounds > Playback. Select Speakers, then click Configure in the bottom left of that window. Choose 5.1 Surround and run the test.
You might need to mess around with the settings inside those windows a bit to get it right. 🙂
Jamie Hughes6 Jamie Hughes6 Member
26 messages
joined Nov 2009
#2005 ·
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.
Karen Garcia5 Karen Garcia5 Member
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joined Jan 2012
#2006 ·
Then you’ll need to install the actual audio drivers; right now, you’re probably just running on some generic ones. I guess you can just head to the motherboard manufacturer's website and find your specific model there.
Joshua Garcia3 Joshua Garcia3 Active Member
70 messages
joined Jun 2008
#2007 ·
Jamie Hughes6 said:Sorry, but could you maybe walk me through that in a bit more detail? Either I’m being a complete idiot here, or there’s something wrong with my week because no matter what I try, those settings just aren't showing up anywhere.😕

Which specific Acer Emachines are you running? You might want to check the sticker on the bottom of the laptop to get the exact model number. 🙂
Jamie Hughes6 Jamie Hughes6 Member
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joined Nov 2009
#2008 ·
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.
Karen Garcia5 Karen Garcia5 Member
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joined Jan 2012
#2009 ·
Jamie Hughes6 Jamie Hughes6 said:I guess my Emachines G725 doesn't support 5.1 audio.
Looks like I was just throwing money down the drain.😢
Or maybe there’s some kind of adapter you can plug into that speaker jack, which then leads into those three colored cables—green, orange, and black. I guess. Maybe.

Wait, you actually bought a 5.1 system without checking if it only had a stereo output? I guess that's possible. 😬 So where exactly are you plugging all those cables in? Honestly, I can’t even remember the last time I saw a laptop that actually supported 5.1 surround sound. You could probably:

Maybe just buy an external sound card and plug everything into that.
Maybe buy a 3.5mm splitter, but I doubt it’ll actually work the way you want it to.
Jamie Hughes6 Jamie Hughes6 Member
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joined Nov 2009
#2010 ·
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...
Karen Garcia5 Karen Garcia5 Member
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joined Jan 2012
#2011 ·
Just make sure you look for an external sound card that actually supports 5.1 surround 😬
Jamie Hughes6 Jamie Hughes6 Member
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joined Nov 2009
#2012 ·
Thomas Hernandez21 said:Just make sure you grab an external sound card that actually supports 5.1😬

👍👍thanks for the tip
Douglas Garcia52 Douglas Garcia52 Newcomer
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joined Sep 2010
#2013 ·
So, yesterday my system screen went totally black, even though it’s usually blue. I ran a system update and now the screen is just... gone. Completely vanished. Tried to get it back, but no luck so far.
image

I tried refreshing it, same way I've always done it before.
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I've tried every single combination you can think of—the green stuff in the photo—to bring it back, but nothing works. It's just stuck.

Right when it starts the refresh process, it hits this part (image 3) and then just throws an error at me.
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Anyone know what's going on here? System Restore isn't going to help because the screen was already black before the update. If I roll it back, I'll just end up right back where I started with that black screen.
Is there some other way to fix this settings mess?
Everything else on the PC is running fine, everything works perfectly, it's just this one weird screen issue driving me crazy.
Joshua Garcia3 Joshua Garcia3 Active Member
70 messages
joined Jun 2008
#2014 ·
Resize those images to under 800x600, otherwise I'm deleting this thread. 🙂
driftingmarlin70 driftingmarlin70 Newcomer
3 messages
joined Jul 2010
#2015 ·
you sure you got all your Windows updates done?
mine just went black on me too, but a quick refresh fixed everything :
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Douglas Garcia52 Douglas Garcia52 Newcomer
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joined Sep 2010
#2016 ·
I'm 100% positive I ran the update. Before I even touched it, I tried refreshing the score and kept getting that same damn error. So, I figured fine, let's just do the update and try again... nope. Still nothing. It just keeps throwing that same error at me over and over.

It's like the Windows Media decoding tuning just hangs right when it tries to refresh.
Douglas Garcia52 Douglas Garcia52 Newcomer
3 messages
joined Sep 2010
#2017 ·
Joshua Garcia3 said:Resize those images to under 800x600 or I'm deleting this thread. 🙂

alright, fine, doing it now...
resized 😁
Douglas Garcia52 Douglas Garcia52 Newcomer
3 messages
joined Sep 2010
#2018 ·
I keep getting hit with this same error over and over, no matter what I try to do to fix it...
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driftingmarlin70 driftingmarlin70 Newcomer
3 messages
joined Jul 2010
#2019 ·
do all your services start up right away? you messing with anything there?
stormybadger8 stormybadger8 Veteran
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#2020 ·
Got two questions about Windows 7. If anyone knows the answers, I'd appreciate the help.🙂

1. My Windows experience index is sitting at 5.9. When I check the details, everything is around 7.5 except for the disk.😕
The disk my system is installed on is:
KINGSTON Solid State Drive 2.5" Serial ATA II-300 64 GB MLC

Dammit, why is it the slowest part of the system?😕
Isn't this disk supposed to be faster than a standard hard drive?🤷

2. I can't for the life of me get a Media server (Wild Media server), Windows Media Center, or any kind of Share working on my televisions.😕
It worked perfectly fine back on Windows XP.😢

I set up a shared folder and it shows up on other PCs on the network and even works on Popcorn media Player, but none of my TVs can see anything in Windows 7.😕

Could this be some kind of router issue?🤷

I'm using a Thomson TG782.

Maybe the problem is there, but it still baffles me—if that were the case, how does everything work fine on Popcorn?🤷

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