Speaker System Wont Work When Plugged Into PC (Cambridge Soundworks Microworks II)

[Dylan Hammer]

I am at my wits end here. I recently dragged the old Cambridge speaker system I had out from the basement, since I needed a home audio system and didnt want to spend alot of money. I got the speakers wired up and running, and when I plugged them into my Iphone, the sound came out loud and clear. The trouble starts when i tried to plug them into my desktop PC. No matter what I did, they didnt make a sound. Now, I have a headset also plugged into the computer at the same time (an Astro A40, taking up a USB and the optical audio port), so I thought that might have been the problem, so I unplugged that, but the speakers still wouldnt play. When i go to sound settings, I can see the Astro headset, and another one that just says "headphones". Setting it to default doesn't do anything though.That one only uses the LR audio jack.Then there's a last one that says "Speakers", but it is completely unusable; I cant use the test button on it, and setting it to default does nothing either. Now, I thought it might have been my LR jack that was broken, so I plugged my apple earbuds into them, and found that I could get audio from those, but still not from the speakers. I think this may slowly be driving me insane, so any help would be appreciated.

(oh, I dont know if this will help, but I have an ASRock 970 EXTREME3 motherboard)

-Dylan

 

[smorizio]

install the newest realteck audio drivers 2.71 from here.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
install and reboot your pc. then try and set the default output device to speakers. and make sure nothing mutted in windows or the realteck sound setup.

 

[makkem]

Hi
Since they work on your iPhone check to see if the jack plug is 4 pole or 3 pole,if 4 pole it will not work on your PC.

 

[hang-the-9]

If you have the headset plugged in, the speaker output almost always get disabled. Unplug the headphones, reboot the system, make sure the default sound card is the onboard audio, try again.