Xonar Dgx 5.1 not working.

[jodan_loan]

Hi there. I have an HP Z230 workstation desktop. Windows 10. I have installed a new sound card Asus xonar Dgx 5.1. I am trying to get 5.1 through spdif optical on my Sony amplifier with no luck. I can only get left and right speakers to sound. I can get 5.1 no problem with Xbox one using the amp. When I open the Xonar software to test the 6 speakers only left and right speakers sound. I have talked to a computer store and Asus and Microsoft and watched and read countless videos and blogs with no luck. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[Calvin7]

The source needs to be outputting 5.1 sound. If your source is only Windows 10, then you'll only get stereo.

If your source was a Blu-ray movie and your Windows 10 PC had a Blu-ray disk player, you would get surround sound.

 

[jodan_loan]

Hi Calvin. Even the xonar dgx software speaker test won't recognise all 6 speakers only two front left and right. According to Asus it should work. I have already swapped it for a replacement card thinking it was broken but this one is doing the same thing.

 

[jodan_loan]

Please help peeps!