I just formatted..

[Smith]

And my sound is all messed up. Ive got it set to 2.1, but sound is still comming out of all 5 speakers. What the hell do i do? Its quiet and crackling in the speakers that are supposed to be off. Only the center one is playing normally.

[Broken]

You did load the audio drivers, right?

[LaPistola]

Yeah try reloading your audio drivers the same thing happened to me a while back and that fixed it right up

[peat moss]

In a perfect world you kept your Mobo drivers disk handy I hope . Some of the Windows generic drivers are very old .......

[AmpeD]

if all else fails, pick up a cheap sound card (if ur still usin the integrated one)

[Smith]

I have the latest sound drivers, it was working after i installed them, this only started this morning.

[peat moss]

Well then check all the connections maybe the cat pulled a wire out .

[Broken]

There isn't much science to this, yes check the wires. Remove any newly install programs. Try to install and reinstall the drivers. If that doesn't do it get yourself a(nother) sound card.

[Detale]

Or try uninstalling and reinstall the soundcard too if all else fails

[Smith]

I just reinstalled the drivers, its still in 5.1! Its a pain lol. The thing is, its not bad sound quality anymore, its just in 5.1 and wont get out of it.