Hi Let me start by providing some info of the sound set-up I have: Creative Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro sound card Logiteck Z5500 surround sound system Windows 8 Pro 64 The problem I'm experiencing is the following: Whenever I restart my PC I have to go into the Control Panel / Sound / Speaker Properties set up and readjust the Tone (Bass and Treble) levels as they reset to default. Although my system is set up for 5.1 surround sound and when I test the system in the Speaker Configuration I hear all speakers, yet when I go to the Speaker Levels section, here too all levels are somehow reset. Now of course I do change my speaker volumes so the levels will not necessary be the same. Problem is that the level relationship between the speakers never remain the same after restart. I set them as follows: Front (say) 100% Front centre 50% Sub 70% Rear surround 250% This relationship always gets messed up at restart Lastly, when I play music and adjust the levels in above speaker properties, only the front speakers have an effect, the others don't make any difference at all (adjusting the centre, sub and surround levels don't make a difference in the speaker volumes at all, they may as well be all on Zero) My question: Is there a way of setting the tone (bass and treble) so that my settings remain (maybe somewhere in the registry??) Why is there no sound level effect when I adjust the centre, sub and surround speakers in the control panel? (sound is coming from all speakers) Any help or suggestions will be great, Thank you
I would suggest pulling out the drivers and installing new ones. I woud think this is a case of driver corruption. All the issues you mention sound like messed up drivers...
Thank you, have actually done that, downloaded the latest Creative drivers for Windows 8, no luck though. Maybe I should try the Windows 7 drivers, it's just that these appear to be the same
Try setting it up the way you like it, then put the computer in sleep mode, than wake it up and from then on the settings should stay even when you shutdown or restart regards, RagDoll.
I figured you may have, but thatis where I would start. Sometimes, even whenyou remove drivers, some parts remain and those are the corrupted parts. I would suggest using a driver sweeper if you didn't the first time. If that doesn't help or you already did it, perhaps as was mentioned just put the system to sleep instead of a shutdown. I still think it is a driver issue though. Good luck.
Thank you guys, I have created a shortcut to put the pc into sleep mode and the settings remain as I have set them, thank you for that Maybe I'll just put my pc to sleep instead of switching it off, but I will certainly try turning it off to see if the settings stay as I want them. Again, thank you