I recently installed a Creative AudioPCI ES1371 sound card, i had it in another pc and i never had any problems with it, but when i put it in my new one only the left channel is working. Any ideas as to why? the older computer ran windows xp, and my new one runs windows 7. it installed the drivers via the preconfigured drivers folder, is that why it isn't working right?
there is sound coming from my right channel, but compared to the left channel you cant even hear it. should i pull out the card and check the solder points for shorts?
What could be wrong? is it the drivers or the card itself?
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I forgot to mention...
i tried it with headphones and the right channel audio is there but its a lot quieter than the left channel. on 8ohm speakers it sounds as if its not there. should i just get a new sound card instead?
Updated - 21st Jan 2011
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to put the card back in the XP unit and see if it still works there now?
That could answer the question if it is the card or not.
That could answer the question if it is the card or not.
Michael Jay
21st Jan 2011
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We all do "in", as well as, "into", as though through a door. Pays to know the difference, I think.
Scott did both.
We all do "in", as well as, "into", as though through a door. Pays to know the difference, I think.
Scott did both.
santeewelding
21st Jan 2011
that particular windmill took the field between one and eight centuries ago...
Typologically too, it is a commonplace for languages to conflate illative and inessive, compared to elative - see, latin does it too: "in-coming" and "in-being" but "outcoming" (an assimilation process makes in+lative to be illative, the x of ex-lative disappearing is due to phonesthetics I guess).
Typologically too, it is a commonplace for languages to conflate illative and inessive, compared to elative - see, latin does it too: "in-coming" and "in-being" but "outcoming" (an assimilation process makes in+lative to be illative, the x of ex-lative disappearing is due to phonesthetics I guess).
AnsuGisalas
21st Jan 2011
I be talking about a guy we knew and appreciated who blew his brains out.
Your input, while appreciated in its place, has at this point, no place.
Sorry.
You are not the only who has command -- aye, supremacy -- of the tongue. Keep it.
Your input, while appreciated in its place, has at this point, no place.
Sorry.
You are not the only who has command -- aye, supremacy -- of the tongue. Keep it.
santeewelding
21st Jan 2011
an inheritance. Thank you for sharing.
AnsuGisalas
21st Jan 2011
any way i can set the sound options to play in mono so that i can just hook the speakers all up to one channel of audio?
btw after double checking, it is in fact the card, and i made a mistake, while i was double checking, i noticed it is the LEFT channel audio that wasn't working, i have the speakers wired up backwards so i didn't know what was what.
but back to the main question:
can i set the audio settings so that the sound is played in mono and not stereo? or should i just go get a new sound card?
btw after double checking, it is in fact the card, and i made a mistake, while i was double checking, i noticed it is the LEFT channel audio that wasn't working, i have the speakers wired up backwards so i didn't know what was what.
but back to the main question:
can i set the audio settings so that the sound is played in mono and not stereo? or should i just go get a new sound card?
zack247
21st Jan 2011
your own sound settings to find if you can set it to mono. On this XP unit, here I cannot set for mono.
I would say that the card itself is your problem, the left channel is not putting out and you are just hearing a bleed-thru from the right.
I would say that the card itself is your problem, the left channel is not putting out and you are just hearing a bleed-thru from the right.
Michael Jay
22nd Jan 2011
just get a different card then?
i have a friend that has a bunch of sound cards, i'll see if he has one i can use.
i have a friend that has a bunch of sound cards, i'll see if he has one i can use.
zack247
22nd Jan 2011
and one that has Win 7 specific drivers would be the best choice.
Michael Jay
22nd Jan 2011
and any other connectors to the card, and anything nearby you may have loosened.
Update the driver from the vendor site with one for Win 7.
Does the Win 7 hardware compatibility list like this card?
Check card and/or system board vendors' sites for compatibility between the devices.
Update the driver from the vendor site with one for Win 7.
Does the Win 7 hardware compatibility list like this card?
Check card and/or system board vendors' sites for compatibility between the devices.
seanferd
21st Jan 2011
I reseated the card, but i cannot find a driver on the site for my card, not even under the archived product lists...
zack247
21st Jan 2011
Most hardware is not.
Most older hardware certainly isn't.
Most older hardware certainly isn't.
AnsuGisalas
21st Jan 2011
i dont know if it is or not, i cant find it on the manufacturers webiste.
zack247
22nd Jan 2011
because the Drivers are not usually WHQL signed due to the simple fact that Creative says:
Stuff yer DRM schemes, we won't support it in our cards or drivers
Stuff yer DRM schemes, we won't support it in our cards or drivers
Who Am I Really
22nd Jan 2011
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That's not a driver issue
as long as the left-right balance adjustment is correct in the volume-control app, then it's a hardware issue. If the channel is working at all, then the simplest solution is to just adjust the balance control so the sound output is even.
25th Jan 2011
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the title of my comment was
Winders doesn't like Creative cards
because the Drivers are not usually WHQL signed due to the simple fact that Creative says:
Stuff yer DRM schemes, we won't support it in our cards or drivers
Winders doesn't like Creative cards
because the Drivers are not usually WHQL signed due to the simple fact that Creative says:
Stuff yer DRM schemes, we won't support it in our cards or drivers
25th Jan 2011
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Yep. Q&A format leaves something to be desired.
Good for Creative. I liked their stuff when I used it. (If I could just find an ISA slot in this machine...)
Good for Creative. I liked their stuff when I used it. (If I could just find an ISA slot in this machine...)
seanferd
23rd Feb 2011
seanferd creative makes pci and pcie sound cards now too, but if you ask me i think the older ones are so much nicer.
zack247
1st Mar 2011
