5.1 surround help?

Question

My computer's description is to work with VIRTUAL surround sound, the sound card is configured for it, the OS and software and the DVD has surround sound. It always worked until a few months ago, in the control panel the speaker set up for Windows is 5.1 surround sound. I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows xp and now every time i select 5.1 surround sound speaker setup from the control panel my speakers make this annoying high pitched whistling sound and any sound played is distorded. If anyone can help thankyou :)

you guys should also know that it's a laptop and only has two speakers simulating 5.1 speakers, i go to start, control panel and then click sounds and audio devices, then i click advanced in the very first tab in the window, and select 5.1 surround set up, then the whistling sound starts, but it stops when i put it back to desktop or laptop stereo speakers.

Answer 1

Look at the driver or sound card configuration...And make sure there is no checkmark in the digital out box or something like that

Answer 2

What your laptop and DVD software did was give you "VIRTUAL" surround sound. You are getting whistling from your speakers because there are only two of them not a 5.1 speaker setup. There should be a toggle in the DVD software program to get virtual surround.

You are also probably missing a DSP program that also toggled a virtual surround sound mode.

Answer 3

Try to find the original discs and re-install the correct drivers for your sound card. If you don't have the disc, check the web site of the sound card manufacturer.

Answer 4

Sounds like a hardware connection problem, not software. ? Double check your plug connections.
Then check your driver (sound card), but also update your codecs. (DivX, Xvid, AC3, etc.)
free-codecs.com.