Need help with setting up 5.1 surround speakers on alienware m14x

Question

Hi,

I have an alienware m14x, and was trying to get a 5.1 speaker set working.

I checked a couple of the forum topics here, but cant seem to get the answer i need.

Here s the issue: I have connected creative Inspire T6060 speakers to the laptop(5 speakers, 1 woofer).

I can only hear sound from the R and L speakers, the rest are silent. I checked the 5.1 surround option when configuring the speaker - the center, RR and RL speakers dont have any sound; neither does the woofer.

Now, I can get the RL, and RR speakers working

1) if I remove the R and L speakers (while having only Rear jack(black color) connected to a volume control/bass level control device from Creative); or

2) If I connect the rear jack(black color), center jack(orange color) and front jack(green color) - but then the R and L speakers fall silent, but even in this case the center speaker dont work.

Other info:

I have installed/updated the audio drivers from the Dell website - version 6.0.100.2033

I don't have any specific option under Control Panel to make audio changes(no Creative software installed i guess?)

I'm using Win 7 Ultimate, SP1

Hope the info helps, and that someone can help me fix this.. :)

AJ

howlinwulff · Answer

Oh, i forgot to mention that I have Sound blaster 3di on the laptop

Jim Coates · Answer

I have an alienware m14x

Hello. The M14x has Realtek audio hardware, so it is probably an M14x R2 if it has Creative audio.

1 Connect the rear speaker’s black cable connector to the microphone jack of the computer. Connect this one first. A pop-up menu might or might not appear at this time.

2 Connect the center speaker cable to the left headphone jack.
3 Connect the front speaker cable to the right headphone jack.

Only the Alienware laptops have Creative audio so we don't have much info on it here on this part of the forum. I don't have any screen shots of what configuration settings are available, but you seem to have checked them all out. If the speakers still do not work try to test them on another computer.

If you are playing from a stereo source you should only hear audio from the front speakers unless you have checked CMSS (simulated surround) in the Creative control. If you don't have a Creative control maybe someone on the Alienware Owners Club board can tell you how to enable it.

Kien Doan · Answer

Thanks for your post.  I can use my 5.1 speaker with the Alienware 14 now.

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