Sound only working in games, nowhere else.
Nowhere else that i've tried, anyway (VLC, spotify, youtube, WMP)
But i'm getting sound in both Diablo 3 and Dota 2 (didn't try any other games yet)
To start from the beginning, i just bought a new motherboard and unlike my old one, this doesn't have a slot for an optical cable so what i'm using is 3 analogue ones(front, rear and c/sub)
The motherboard(with the sound card built in) that i'm using is Gigabyte Z170 Gaming K3 and my speakers are Logitech Z5500 5.1.
Now, i'm not exactly an audiophile so there's probably some really dumb solution i'm missing :) A helping hand would be super appreciated!
Edit: Solved! The "Front" cable from the sound pod was supposed to go to the green "audio out" slot on the motherboard, not the "side" one :)
Posted Apr 4, 2016, 2:03 PM UTC · edited
just to get this out of the way, you did reinstall your OS after replacing the motherboard, right?
right click on the sound/speaker icon and open volume mixer. what are the sound levels?
right click on the sound/speaker icon and click sound. select the communications tab
In the volume mixer the bar is moving up and down whenever i'm playing something in say, spotify, so it seems to think that i'm hearing sound.
Sorry, what should i do in the communications tab?
No, i didn't reinstall the OS actually, i just installed new drivers (sound, network etc.) But it everything has been working like a charm for the last few days except for this sound thingie. And i'm getting sound in games so could reinstalling my OS really be the issue?
Ty for the reply :)
sorry forgot about that
you should select Do Nothing there. Sometimes skype or some other chat program will sound off and mute all other sounds
windows has a hard time working right after a motherboard replacement, especially if it's completely different from your old motherboard. This may (or may not) be the cause of your issue.
All right, ill keep reinstalling OS in mind as a last resort, it can be such a hassle :P
To provide some additional info; I just used this fix for VLC (the top response with 21 points) and now i get sound to work in VLC as well. What i do in dota and diablo as well is that i change default output to 7.1 instead of default. It seems as if "default" for all programs is set to 2ch for some reason which isn't working at all.