I just built a new PC with Windows XP professional. The Gigabyte ga-p35-ds3l mobo has 5.1 onboard ALC888 audio. I have a new 5.1 Logitech X-540. I have the newest sound drivers (released February).
All speakers work when playing music from Windows Media Player 9, but there's no sound anywhere else (no Windows startup sound, no sound from Youtube, etc...). In addition, my sound control panel has so many things grayed out:
And also, the audio software forces my to use the 8 speaker configuration. Setting it to 6 (which is how many speakers I have) will make the speakers not play any sound whatsoever.
This image shows that only 2 speakers are detected, but under the advanced settings, I set it to 5.1.
All speakers work when playing music from Windows Media Player 9, but there's no sound anywhere else (no Windows startup sound, no sound from Youtube, etc...). In addition, my sound control panel has so many things grayed out:
And also, the audio software forces my to use the 8 speaker configuration. Setting it to 6 (which is how many speakers I have) will make the speakers not play any sound whatsoever.
This image shows that only 2 speakers are detected, but under the advanced settings, I set it to 5.1.