No sound on new build!

ben16 · 14 Sep 2007 at 22:49

I've got a Creative X-Fi Extreme music card and Logitech Z-2300 speakers, running Vista. The manual says to plug in the jack from the sub to the I/O slot on the sound card.

All I can hear when I do this is a low fuzzy sound but if I turn it up very high I can catch pieces of sound. I have the I/O and SPDIF enabled so I can't figure out what the problem is?

I just realized there is nothing going into the SPDIF slot on the mobo, is this the problem?

ben16 · 14 Sep 2007 at 22:50

The computer is not seeing my speakers. They didn't come with a CD so I don't see how I'm meant to set them up....

EDIT: If I plug the speakers into my laptop they work fine.

DuncyBoy · 14 Sep 2007 at 23:21

Have you switched from on-board (motherboard sound) to the soundcard? If so, have you changed the hardware preference in Control Panel - Sounds? (Actually, that's for XP- never seen the Vista CP- if it has one? :confused:

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Which slot on the soundcard are connecting the speaker cable to?

Are all output's enabled on your mixer?

ben16 · 14 Sep 2007 at 23:40

Yes the sound card is the default sound card and the sound tab says it's using it. I am trying to connect it to the I/O slot as the manual says to.

EternalMovement · 14 Sep 2007 at 23:58

When you say I/O slot I gather you,ve got the extra bay module for the x-fi music so your trying to connect it on that instead of connecting though the back of the pc then?

ben16 · 15 Sep 2007 at 00:07

No, it's connected through the back of the PC on the I/O slot.

If you D/L this: http://files2.europe.creative.com/m...l Music Quickstart Back En Fr De It Es Nl.pdf

I am using the connection at the top of that.

I just tried updating it via the Windows Driver update from the XP installation CD and now it isn't even recognising it.

4T5 · 15 Sep 2007 at 00:11

My sister had the same problem the other day. She had plugged her speakers into the green one she said, only she had plugged them into the PC green one Not the Soundcard green one

ben16 · 15 Sep 2007 at 00:16

Definatly in the sound card.

If I plug it into the next slot down (on linked image). It sounds like the speakers are online but they still don't play anything.

Cupra · 15 Sep 2007 at 00:44

ben16 said:
I've got a Creative X-Fi Extreme music card, running Vista.

thats your problem tbh

ben16 · 15 Sep 2007 at 01:02

There's Vista drivers out, loads of people are running it on Vista.
I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong.

Could someone confirm what slot on the linked pdf Logitech Z-2300 speakers should be plugging in to?

EternalMovement · 15 Sep 2007 at 03:24

Green one on the x-fi.

After seeing that screenie above so I see the exact connections etc I'm 99% sure you shouldn't have to mess around with spdif & i/o for these? As its 2.1 & analog.

Plug it in the green, set it back to speakers out and turn i/o off like it was before you changed the settings and they should work fine.

I defitently did not have to change any settings on my old set of logitech 2.1's (can't remember the model as their in the loft)

ben16 · 15 Sep 2007 at 10:58

There arn't any green slots on the sound card they are all gold.

EternalMovement · 15 Sep 2007 at 13:43

2nd one from the top on that pdf mate.