creative inspire 4.1speaker problems

these speakers were working fine until a few months
ago..now, all four speakers work...but only 2 (rear
connection) at a time! when connected to front, there is
no sound? i have adjusted speaker settings ...and even
reinstalled xp (pro)i have read a few places about
similar problems...but no solutions. I have also
occasionally experienced the 'watery tinny' sound
problems...but this is an intermittent problem...and no
luck with solution!

>-----Original Message-----
>these speakers were working fine until a few months
>ago..now, all four speakers work...but only 2 (rear
>connection) at a time! when connected to front, there is
>no sound? i have adjusted speaker settings ...and even
>reinstalled xp (pro)i have read a few places about
>similar problems...but no solutions. I have also
>occasionally experienced the 'watery tinny' sound
>problems...but this is an intermittent problem...and no
>luck with solution!
>.
>

Just checked the speaker availability list and I don't
see a listing for 4.1 speakers. Only 5.1 and 7.1
Rightclick sound icon and click Adjust Audio Properties,
under Speaker Settings click the Advanced button. Now
check the listing under Speaker Setup. Might try some of
the settings to see if yours will work that way.

"gerry" <ukgerry000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> these speakers were working fine until a few months
> ago..now, all four speakers work...but only 2 (rear
> connection) at a time! when connected to front, there is
> no sound? i have adjusted speaker settings ...and even
> reinstalled xp (pro)i have read a few places about
> similar problems...but no solutions. I have also
> occasionally experienced the 'watery tinny' sound
> problems...but this is an intermittent problem...and no
> luck with solution!

I got my 4.1 speakers to work using the setting for Quadraphonic speakers.