Problem with 5.1

Hello all,

Please help me setup my 5.1 Speakers. The drivers are the latest from AsRock website. The sound is terrible, very awful. When I try to set it up through windows configuration, when selecting and testing the 5.1 speakers , i hear only the sound from 2 speakers, the rest are silent. Same story in Realtek HD Audio Manager.

The motherboard is B150M-Pro4

Thanks in advance,
Marek

Hi parsec and thank you for replying.

Its the same problem. I think the poor quality sound is because when testing the 5.1 speakers or even 7.1 speakers in windows or in Realtek HD audio manager, the sound comes only from 2 front speakers.. there is no sound from other speakers, even when i click manually on the subwoofer , or the speaker on top of the monitor or the rear speakers, no sound comes out from these. The sound of my mp3 music is poor in comparative to how it was on my old motherboard. Its like something is missing, like a deaf sound or like from a barrel .

My speakers are Logictech X540.

The speakers are plugged in my back panel:
Each is plugged in its corresponding color.
- Rear speaker in black
- Front speaker in green
- Central/subwoofer in orange

The source is coming from my X540 subwoofer.

I listen to Mp3. online radio, movies or games (its the same poor sound)

I have win 7 64bit
So this means Asrock suck bad at this point. I think I'll return it and buy another brand who does not have this issue.
Thank you akulp.

I only tried the drivers from Asrock website. Should I try other ones?

I tried the driver from my old motherboard from 8 years ago which has also Realtek - no luck
Then I tried ALC_898 - also no luck.
Via sound drivers will work?