I just bought a set of 5.1 surround sound speakers but I can't hear any sound from the rear speakers

[burstfyre20]

I have a set of Creative Labs A550 5.1 surround sound speakers and the work fantastic except the rear speakers. I don't hear any sound when I sound test them with Realtek's audio utility. I double checked to make sure if all the cables were connected in the right place but I can't figure out what the problem is.

 

[i7Baby]

http://au.creative.com/p/speakers/sbs-a550

It just has a stereo 3.5mm jack input. Plug it into the green speaker socket in the back of the pc. Read the speaker manual to see how to switch it to 5.1

 

[burstfyre20]

Actually, I just fixed it xD It was a driver issue. Everything is good in the world now. Xp

 

[afrancis]

Actually, I just fixed it xD It was a driver issue. Everything is good in the world now. Xp

What driver did you install? I currently have the same problem and can't find a solution. Help!

 

[burstfyre20]

Actually, I just fixed it xD It was a driver issue. Everything is good in the world now. Xp

What driver did you install? I currently have the same problem and can't find a solution. Help!

I just reinstalled the Realtek drivers for my board.

 

[afrancis]

SOLVED. For me the solution was moving the cables connected to the motherboard from the audio outputs. i had the side output cable connected correctly. But for my Maximus 7, i had to move the side cable down and used the input next to the microphone. they all work and bump now.