Rear speakers no so

I havn't been able to get sound from my rear speakers.
I recently moved my entire system to a new room and reinstalled windows. Thus I reinstalled the Audigy software, and I updated it. (Along with the drivers of course)
I have an Audigy X-Gamer and Logitech Z-560 speakers.
I have checked and re-checked the connections in the speaker wire and checked the connection from the audio card to the speakers. I have also made sure that MDSS is on and spent endless time checking my settings, I just dont know what else to do. Oh I also tried putting the black output for the rear speakers into the jack for the front speakers, as the front speakers work fine, still nothing. I can faintly hear the rear speakers on the "front left, front right, rear left, rear right" test, but in order to hear them I have to turn up the volume really loud and put my ear to it.
Any ideas on what to do to fix this problem? Thx.Message Edited by SPYoptics on 07-30-2005 2:3 AM

Fix for rear speaker failure. I have older Altec Lansing ACS54 speakers - four satellites and subwoofer. The rear speakers produced no sound until (voila!) I enabled CMSS 3D. Here's how:
click START
highlight ALL PROGRAMS
highlight CREATIVE
highlight SOUND BLASTER LIVE!
open EAX CONSOLE
click CMSS 3D tab
select ENABLE CMSS 3D (check box)

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