Rear panel sound jack not working on my motherboard.

[xbigboyhd]

Hi, i have a Creative INSPIRE T6160 5.1 Surround speaker and i have never been able to get it to work on my system, i have been trying to plug it into the Rear panel sound jack on my motherboard (ASUS P8Z68-V PRO GEN3) and i cannot seem to get it to play any audio at all, i had this problem when i initially built my system about 2 years ago and couldn't find a solution so i just bought a sound card and everything worked fine but when i got a second graphics card for SLI i no longer had space for the sound card so since then i have been using my Triton 720+ headset and i just really want to be able to use my speakers again without having to remove my graphics card to make space for the sound card which i still have lying about. 

 

I have installed all the needed drivers from the asus website (i think) and when i open up Realtek HD audio manager it seems to recognize that the Orange, Black and Green connectors are plugged in because it lights up as shown in this image (http://i.imgur.com/nd3sOJc.png) also here is a image of them plugged into the rear panel (http://i.imgur.com/BxC6Cnc.jpg).

 

I'm not sure if i am missing any essential drivers for the speakers to work from the rear panel so i have print screened my device manager for anyone who needs to see it (http://i.imgur.com/75LIXzq.png).

 

I am not sure if it makes any difference but here are my specs (http://i.imgur.com/vOzKHjI.png)

 

Oh and of course i have the speakers set as the default device in Playback devices (http://i.imgur.com/Ev2GB5U.png)

 

i am sorry if i put any of this in the wrong category first time posting on the forum, any help will be greatly appreciated. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ShearMe]

Does any other device work with the onboard sound?

[xbigboyhd]

Does any other device work with the onboard sound?

 

No I've tried using my earphones with it before and they didn't work either.

[ShearMe]

No I've tried using my earphones with it before and they didn't work either.

 

Disable all other sound devices (right click > disable), and if that doesn't work I'm just gonna say your motherboard is broken.

[xbigboyhd]

Disable all other sound devices (right click > disable), and if that doesn't work I'm just gonna say your motherboard is broken.

Just did that, still not working, that sucks i wish i got it replaced the day that i built it, i'm guessing ASUS won't believe me if i said it was dead on arrival 2+ years later.

[xbigboyhd]

Also one other thing the front audio jack isn't working either, when i plug my speakers or anything into it there is a really load hiss.

[NannerBeans]

Also one other thing the front audio jack isn't working either, when i plug my speakers or anything into it there is a really load hiss.

 

Yeah that doesn't sound right. (see what I did there? ) I'd say RMA your motherboard if it's still under warranty. If not, get a usb sound card or external DAC/AMP.