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11/10/12 at 8:44pm
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Hey guys, so I went to a friends house to a lan party and I took my logitech x-230 with me. And so I switched to a 2.1 config once i got there and everything works fine. At home I have a x-530 which is a 5.1 surround sound. Before I left for the LAN all the speakers worked with everything ( games, youtube). So I get back today and now for some reason the 5.1 works when i test it, it plays out of all the channels, but when I play games or watch youtube videos it's 2.1. Anyone know a solution to this?
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11/10/12 at 8:46pm
Do you have the simulated surround button pushed on the volume controller? Did you try unplugging all the cables and re-plugging them in? Just simple suggestions, although I'm sure you've tried those.
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11/10/12 at 8:48pm
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Do you have the simulated surround button pushed on the volume controller? Did you try unplugging all the cables and re-plugging them in? Just simple suggestions, although I'm sure you've tried those.

I do and I have... this is really beginning to annoy me.
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11/10/12 at 8:53pm
You want the simulated surround button OFF unless you are only using the one audio cable to hook the subwoofer up to the PC.

I know on my buddy's something similar happened, and it turned out to be a hardware issue, and a warranty replacement solved his problem. (X 540)
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11/10/12 at 8:55pm
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You want the simulated surround button OFF unless you are only using the one audio cable to hook the subwoofer up to the PC.
I know on my buddy's something similar happened, and it turned out to be a hardware issue, and a warranty replacement solved his problem. (X 540)
But what tells me that it's not a hardware failure is that when I test each channel sound comes out of it. So they're all working as they should.
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