I built a new computer. It has an Intel DQ965GF mother board. It is running Vista Ultimate as an OS. After endless pain the device manager accepted the SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC as its driver for the sound card. When running the Intel audio interface and testing, the interface shows that sound is happening. Nothing comes out of the speakers, however.
One of my problems that I'd love some help on has to do with my speakers (which work beautifully on my old system) connecting to the new computer. The speakers are a 5 speaker home entertainment system. The four peripheral speakers connect into the sub-woofer. A single lead comes out of the sub-woofer and into one of the spaces on my old Sound Blaster card. The sub-woofer, obviously, acts as a tuner. The new card does not seem able to handle this configuration. Here's what Intel has to say about the card on the mother board:
Below is the section from the Intel web site that speaks to my situation. There are three holes in the sound card for sound inputs. One is green (B), one is blue (A) and one is red (C).
Configuring 6-Channel Audio
Installing the audio driver from the Intel® Express Installer CD-ROM enables the flexible, analog audio system. The back panel audio connectors support up to six speakers and are retaskable using the audio driver interface.
Item Description
A Line In [retaskable as Rear Left/Right Out]
B Line Out [Front Left/Right Out]
C Mic In [retaskable as Center/LFE (Subwoofer) Out]
Connect speakers as follows:
• If using two speakers, connect the pair to connector (B).
• If using four speakers:
o Connect the front left/right speakers to connector (B).
o Connect the rear left/right speakers to connector (A).
o Using the audio driver interface, retask connector (A) to be Rear Left/Right Out.
• If using six speakers:
o Connect the front left/right speakers to connector (B).
o Connect the rear left/right speakers to connector (A).
o Connect the center/subwoofer speakers to connector (C).
o Using the audio driver interface, retask connector (A) to be Rear Left/Right Out and retask connector (C) to be Center/LFE Out.
The full web site that Intel sent me to is:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherb.../CS-020642.htm
Can these speakers work with the intel sound card on this mother board? And if so, how should I set it up.
Thanks for any help that you can give me.
Barry