S750 speaker woes

I've had my s750 for almost three years now, and I've been fortunate not to have any problems up to this point. I was recently running the system with cmss disabled, so I was only receiving sound from the front left, front right, and subwoofer. Several days ago, I re-enabled CMSS and attempted to recalibrate my speaker seting.
Problem is, I'm not receiving sound from either the center speaker or the left side speaker. The other fi've speakers are working fine. I've plugged these speakers into the other speaker positions that are working, and the speakers work fine, which eliminates a problem with the speakers themselves or the wiring.
Is there something I'm specifically missing, because I can't think of anything that would cause such a problem with only two speakers unless something is wrong with the sub. Any help would be appreciated.
FYI, the card I'm running the s750 off of is an Audigy 2.

I've resolved the issue. I changed out my stereo jack connectors with the ones on my ddts-100. Problem solved.
I found out the center and side left were carried on the same stereo jack, which led me to thinking it might be a problem with the line between the soundcard and the sub amp.
Try checking that fadain, and ensure you have the jacks plugged in correctly. Pink looks like orange in poor light. If you have the same problem as I, you might just simply need a new 3 to 4 stereo connector.
Message Edited by woelfel60 on 10-03-2007 07:17 AM

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eomons wrote:
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