nForce4 multichannel audio

[Chris Hill]

I am running Vista Beta 2 x64. I have an nForce Professional (nForce
4 derivative) based motherboard with onboard sound. I am using the
latest beta driver from nVidia's web site. I am unable to enable 5.1
sound to match my speaker system.

When I go to the speaker configuration dialog, stereo is selected as
the configuration and the combo box can't be changed, nor can I click
on the checkboxes to enable the subwoofer or center speaker because
they are also disabled.

Is anybody else having difficulty or success with multichannel speaker
selection? If so, is it with an nForce 4 chipset? Is it the x86 or
x64 version of Vista?

Chris

 

[Zapper]

I have the same experience. Welcome to beta driver software....

 

[Guest]

Me too, but using a creative xfi.
Guess I should have expected it though as the creative website does say
'limited support'.
Happy I kept my xp pro install for gaming and watching films

 

[Zapper]

I actually am using Vista x64 and just installed the newest RealTek drivers
for Windows XP(32 adn 64) and now have their app which allows you to set
speaker settings.....It kinda works..I was able to get it to work through
the optical SPDIF for 5.1 sound...UNTIL I chose 7.1(which my receiver does
not support) after that, it was broken.

 

[Chris Hill]

Speaking of the X-Fi -- I would be using mine if Creative would write
some Vista Beta 2 drivers for it. As it is, I don't even have working
XP x64 drivers because Creative failed to release updated drivers for
the Elite Pro model (the last driver they released was in Nov 2005).
Based on my experience with the X-Fi so far, I'm not expecting high
quality software engineering when the drivers finally are released.

I'm using onboard nForce audio for now. At least it works. It even
works in Linux (Creative claims 2007 will bring Linux X-Fi drivers, I
have my doubts about their ability to deliver)

Chris

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem trying to use 4.1 sound speakers and Vista only
reconizes 2 running 32bit version and Nforce2