Vista audio comming though only one speaker

[S!X]

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.

[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.

[S!X]

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.

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...

[Shiranai_Baka]

Whats the chipset and can you roll back drivers?

[S!X]

Whats the chipset and can you roll back drivers?

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

[peat moss]

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 .

[S!X]

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

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...

[tesco]

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?

[S!X]

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?

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

[Virtualbody1234]

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...

How does the mobo prevent you from reinstalling XP?