Need help with sound problem

maxheadroom

Hello,

I've just put a new build together, using an MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp Edition motherboard and an Antec P150 case. I have the front audio ports connected to the header on the motherboard, its an intel standard connector and it only fits one way. The motherboard uses a realtek ALC882 audio codec, I've installed the latest drivers from realtek's website.

I'm getting a strange 'karaoke' type effect when I plug headphones into the front connector - its like the centre channel is being completely suppressed. Its actually doing quite a good job of it, the problem is that I can't find any way to turn it off, and it makes listening to usic or VOIP type things impossible.

I've been searching for an answer for a few hours here, and have come up blank. Has anyone out there run into this before, or know what the solution is (apart from using a splitter on the rear output)?

Thanks,and hoping someone knows the answer

blorg

I suspect that the front connector is wired to the left and right of a multi-channel system rather than a stereo mix (e.g. on the back of my computer there is a jack for the left and right but the centre is on a seperate jack; the front jack is a stereo mix.) This would result in what you describe.

This may be due to having the headers connected wrong, as normally the front jack will be stereo with the three multi-channel jacks on the back. Alternatively it may be a bad/incompatible case design. One way or the other I suspect the answer will be to rearrange the headers so that you are sending the multi-channel to the back of the case and the stereo mix to the front.

It is also possible that the nature of the output (multi-channel vs stereo) is configurable in the BIOS, so I'd have a look at that as well.

irlrobins

Moving to Comp Build & Upgrade

N64

Have you tried another cable? Might be the problem

ED E

N64 wrote: »

Have you tried another cable? Might be the problem

10 years? Thats gotta be a new necro record for this subforum.