Speaker Issues with Dell E521

Question

Please help.  I have a Dell E521 running XP; has a Sigma Tel Audio card.  I bought a $100 dollar set of 2.1 channel Logitech Z4s.  Left and right speaker and subwoofer.  No USB connector, uses stereo wires.  Worked fine for awhile, then suddenly the right speaker stopped working.  I thought it was a Logitech issue, so I called them and to their credit, they immediately sent me a new set.  Set the new one up, and guess what?  Same issue!  Some crackling and then no sound coming out of the right speaker.  I decided to see if it was the speaker, so I switched them around.  Plugged the right one in the left entry in the subwoofer, and the left into the right.  Same problem.  So, both speakers work, but for some reason the one for the right connection will not play.  I tried uninstalling my sound card and rebooting, and it did not work.  I find it hard to believe that two brand new sets of speakers are both defective.  Can anyone please help? This is driving me crazy.  By the way, I updated the drivers and the computer says everything is updated. Message Edited by andiris99 on 02-08-2008 04:48 PM

nightwarrior · Answer

just try to reinstall the chipset drivers and see if that works. Else you could try to reseat the sound card.

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