I'm having some problem with my audio. I have 2 regular speakers. I just bought a new computer (Vista Home Premium installed) and using the same 2 speakers that I had on XP.
Default setting is at 2.1. (I understand that means you have 3 speakers but I only have 2) and there's no setting for "Stereo". And the problem is that the audio doesn't go higher than 50 and the volume is VERY low. I tried so many different forums and couldn't find any results. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
Side note: These speakers work just fine on my old computer which I just tried out and the volume goes back up to 100. When I plug them back on Vista, it can only go to 50 and sounds extremely low. So basically watching DVDs is useless with sound this low. Should I get new speakers better made for Vista or this can be fixed?
I have just had a look at the specifications and your system uses the Realtek ALC888 Hi Definition audio codec. You need to download and install the latest driver - see http://www.vistax64.com/sound-audio/64250-new-realtek-hd-audio-driver-update.html
When you have installed this driver and restarted your system, you need to change a setting in the Realtek HD Audio Manager. This can be found in the System Tray.
Right click on this item and select Sound Manager.
Select the Sound Effects tab and ensure that the option Loudness Equalization is checked (ticked).
4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
and make sure that the individual levels are the same as the main volume level. For whatever reason it will occasionally not be, one of the reasons for some with a 5.1 speaker setup that the rears are quieter than the rest.