X-Fi Music Card - No Sub-Woofer Sig

Question

I'm a new owner - 2 weeks- of a Dell with an ATI 2 Dou 256 video and X-Fi Extreme Music cards. Out of the box, I had no sub-woofer signal. I have also purchased the Creative Media Player Remote and Creative DTS-60 anologe to digital component, all tied to my Sony ES Recei'ver / Amp by fiber optic. After 3 sessions with Dell, for some reason I got a sub-woofer signal, but the center speaker signal is now going to RF, and the center speaker is getting some kind of signal but very faint. In one of the Message Body Forum regarding NO SUB WOOFER, one response was to go into THX Set-up and change 5. to 7. several times. When I go into THX Set Up - Assignment, I get a center signal, no right front signal, sub-woofer signal (but distorted), and correct rear speakers. When playing CD's or DVD's through X-Fi, I get voices in the right front, and faint center, and sub-woofer split to both sub-woofer and right front. Help!?Is there a solution?Chuck R?I have also had a problem with the Creative ?

Answer 1

For me it was the drivers DELL installed that caused the problem. I have a 9200, with T7700 (7.) speakers. No matter what I did, I never got sound from my side right speaker. Instead the channel would play (quietly) through my front left and right speakers. To fix it, I did the following: - ) Downloaded and installed "TuneUp Utilities 2006" from www.download.com2) Downloaded the latest X-Fi drivers from www.creativelabs.com3) Deintalled all Creative Labs software (control panel/add remove programs).4) Deinstalled the "Creative SB X-Fi" drivers (device manager).5) Deleted the "c:\program files\creative directory".6) Moved the DELL drivers (c:\drivers\audio) to my desktop.7) Performed a registery clean up, using TuneUp.8) Rebooted.9) Canceled the "new hardware" install, when promted.0) Installed the latest X-Fi drivers.) Rebooted. By this time it was working, but did not have all the Creative Labs software. So : - 2) Inserted X-Fi CD and selected custom install, when prompted.3) Selected all but the SB X-Fi drivers. End result a working system.