Vista audio comming though only one speaker

For some messed up reason I'm only getting sound from my left speaker (right on headphones). I've got the latest realtek vista drivers installed too for my chipset so I dunno what the deal is... i've got the Realtek® ALC850 8-channel audio on my board. any help would be great. :frusty:

Is the balance slider centered on volume control? Another cause can be the jack isn't set right. It can get warped/bent from aggressive plugging in & outs. If this is the case a wiggle or half way in plugging can sometimes help it but in the end you may need a new soundcard or headphones depending on which is bent. My old monitor has a headphone jack and if you plug it in all the way you don't hear anything at all. If I plug in it half way It works fine. lol I got a soundcard and hooked it up to a stereo system. We had an old stereo system one time and I remember when I listened with headphones I could make the sound only one speaker by pressing on the plugged in jack.

So it could be a bad contact inside the jack or a software issue.

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Originally Posted by killuminati96

Is the balance slider centered on volume control? Another cause can be the jack isn't set right. It can get warped/bent from aggressive plugging in & outs. If this is the case a wiggle or half way in plugging can sometimes help it but in the end you may need a new soundcard or headphones depending on which is bent. My old monitor has a headphone jack and if you plug it in all the way you don't hear anything at all. If I plug in it half way It works fine. lol I got a soundcard and hooked it up to a stereo system. We had an old stereo system one time and I remember when I listened with headphones I could make the sound only one speaker by pressing on the plugged in jack.

So it could be a bad contact inside the jack or a software issue.

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It's gotta be software related, it was working fine when I had xp installed. Now I can't even re-install xp cause this mobo is such a piece a shit.... so i'm stuck with crap vista...

Whats the chipset and can you roll back drivers?

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Originally Posted by Shiranai_Baka

Whats the chipset and can you roll back drivers?

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Nforce 4 SLI, there's no drivers to roll back on.

Gee another Vista success story ...... I feel all warm and fuzzy for uninstalling that pos . Did n't Vista and Nvidia have early issues ? I 'd research that, see what you find .

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Originally Posted by peat moss

Did n't Vista and Nvidia have early issues ? I 'd research that, see what you find .

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They did indeed have some issues, for right now I have to use vista cause I can't re-install xp. I really regret getting this mobo... :frusty:

you didn't say if the slider is in the center or at oe of the sides.
In your system tray double click the speaker icon.

ALso try control panel -> sound -> right click speakers -> configure -> see if its set to stereo or whatever?

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Originally Posted by rossco

you didn't say if the slider is in the center or at oe of the sides.
In your system tray double click the speaker icon.

ALso try control panel -> sound -> right click speakers -> configure -> see if its set to stereo or whatever?

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It's set to stero, full range. this is what I'm looking at right now.

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2550/audioii9.th.jpg

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Originally Posted by Linkin Park

It's gotta be software related, it was working fine when I had xp installed. Now I can't even re-install xp cause this mobo is such a piece a shit.... so i'm stuck with crap vista...

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How does the mobo prevent you from reinstalling XP?