[mrdaveyk]

i bought a cheapy £8 sound card from a local shop just for the benefits of surround 5.1, now it works great for £8, but everytime i try and play a steam game such as css, as soon as i load onto a server the sub doesnt work, its down to my sound card or what? ive got latest drivers for its, the card is a c-media 8738

[Krlll]

What OS are you using?
When I use Vista 5.1 doesnt work with my games or crappy Media Player.
Other than that I guess the card is at fault.

[mrdaveyk]

vista i got running, media player, dvd's etc work great, all games work great... except the very second i log onto a steam server, the steam, valve logo when its loading up uses my sub, its very wierd lol, mind i have once had it working on a server in the last few months i remember now, but only once, i was tweaking with the settings, not the best thread in the world as ive just worked it out myself, tweaking shall be done cheers guys!

[Krlll]

What do you mean tweaking?
Tell me!
My 5.1 doesnt work in Vista
Thread hijack!!!LOL

[mrdaveyk]

tweaking the settings in steam rather than the soundcard lol, anyways, with your problem...

what soundcard ya got?
google vista updates for your card?
and finaly, what speakers do work if any?

just tell me everything

[Krlll]

OS:Windows Vista Ultimate
Audio:Onboard HDA on EVGA 680i SLi
Driver Version: R176 from Here
I have tried everything.I uninstalled older versions(that also didnt work)used DCPro to remove any remnants of old drivers aswell.
Sound works properly when testing speakers with the Realtek control panel but does not work properly with games or WMP 11.
Have been told it might work with Media Player Classic but havent tried,all I want really is for it to work with my games.
Nothing works
I am not alone,there are plenty of others having this problem with Vista.
If you can fix this you will be as much of a legend as The Fonz.lol

[mrdaveyk]

just curious, have you gone on device manager and selected the device to search for updates? chances are high that it will say you all ready have the best up to date driver which is very un true?

just 'surfing' the web for abit for ya mate and some peoples board can take both c-media and realtek drivers, you might wanna check your board out to see, i dont wanna recommend it because i dont know what would happen if im honest, im sure someone on these forums will be able to clarify what im saying im still looking round for ya though mate!

ooo and when you got to control panel, speakers, when you play music etc does the bar go up and down? and have a quick look around your control panel make sure everythings on etc etc, sim sure youve already done this

[Krlll]

Hi,Thanks for your efforts
Please dont go out of your way for me though.This is an issue that EVGA or Realtek or M$ will eventually fix.
I rarely use Vista anyway except for trying out DX10 enhanced gamed and usually use XP which has no sound problems.
Edit:Maybe I should buy a cheapo £8 card myself.