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Hey guys,
Out of nowhere, my headphones will only give sound from both sides on my X-Fi XtremeMusic card when its under 5. speakers. When I change it to headphones, the right sounds good but the left side isn't getting full volume, sort of faint. I thought this was the headphones but the headphones work perfectly under 5. settings.
Any ideas what the problem could be?

Did you install anything(software or hardware) or change any system setting lately before this happen?
Jason

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