Surround Driver

[Samuel32197]

Hi! I'm trying to get my surround ports (3.5mm) on the back of my motherboard too work for my 12" subwoofer but i don't get any singal and Realtek HD Audio Driver does not work. And a can't find any drivers on GIGABYTE's website.

 

MB: Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H

[MrMarriarty]

the link to your driver on gigabytes site

 

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Driver/motherboard_driver_audio_realtek_azalia-ati.exe

 

i can send you my driver but i have a different board, i think there pretty generic though

[Samuel32197]

Thank you i'm downloading it now

[Samuel32197]

Still can't get subwooer to work when i play in spotify only in Realtek's Audio test

[johnt]

1 hour ago, Samuel32197 said:

Still can't get subwooer to work when i play in spotify only in Realtek's Audio test

Yeah so the entire internet, for the most part, only has two channel support. The right and left front speakers. Adding a subwoofer channel does not automatically mean sound will be redirected to it. The sub channel is commonly known as the Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. And no website has a dedicated third channel for this. You can get streaming movies sites to take advantage of the LFE channel using the proper browser, but know Firefox and Chrome are two channel only.

 

The other thing you need to be aware of is the subwoofer channel typically has sound redirected from the front speakers. However this is not on by default. You need to go through your speaker setup and enable the subwoofer, and then turn all other speakers to small. Somehow you will need to set the crossover frequency. Basically the frequency where the information gets routed to the subwoofer instead of the front speakers. Sometimes subwoofers have a knob where you can control it directly on the sub. This is preferred as I've noticed software support doesn't always work correctly. 

 

Lastly, the easiest way to make your subwoofer work is to buy a headphone splitter. This will split the signal to your front speakers and subwoofer. This is the bullet proof way to making the sub work no matter what program you're using. However, this method requires setting the crossover frequency directly from the sub.

 

Depending on your front speakers, you will want to set the low frequency crossover between 60 to 120 Hz. 

[pas008]

orange 3.5mm port is for center/subwoofer