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Have creative labs P7800 7.1 speaker system I can get 5.1 but not 7.1 sound. Tried both drivers but can't get side speakers to work

Official Update on Creative Forums

This simply means that X-fi owners won't be able to fully use their cards until March, and guess what? its looking like a much longer wait for Audigy owners, check the link and see how Audigy owners reacted to this.

"Due to additional requirements in the Windows Vista driver certification process, the release of the final signed drivers for the Sound Blaster range will move out beyond our initial projected date until early March. The current Beta drivers are still valid for use under Vista and are required to take advantage of the benefits of Creative ALchemy with the Sound Blaster X-Fi range to restore multichannel audio and EAX to your games. We appreciate your understanding for this change to the schedule as we work to bring you the best experience for your Sound Blaster series cards while adhering to the requirements of this new operating system."

Prior to participating in Vista Beta, I had 4 functioning speaker, and a subwoofer. Now, I cant't successfully download a reactivation from Creative Labs.

On my new Vista desktop computer I've been playing some music files in Windows Media Player, and they sound like they were recorded inside a metal pipe. I'm using the same speakers I had with my old computer, and they sounded fine. On my new computer it sounds like one of those artificial "concert hall" echo effects (which I generally avoid) has been applied by default, but I can't find anything that changes it.

I tried re-doing the speaker setup in the Media Center to make sure no effects were applied. I'm set up for two small speakers. I also checked the SRS settings in the Media Player. SRS was turned off, and it didn't sound any better when I turned it on.

I just recently moved for an internship this summer. I ended up driving out and decided to take my desktop computer with me. As soon as I got to my destination I set everything up and realized that my sound was not working.

I do not have a sound card I was just using the unboard sound from my Intel DG965WH motherboad. I messed around with it a little... Tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it. When I right click the sound icon in the system tray and select the playback devices it lists a Digital Output Device that says "Working", and Speakers that say "Not Plugged In". Whenever I play music or anything the mixer for the Digital Output Device moves like the music is playing but there is absolutely no sound.