right now i have an issue with my sound card. when i play some music, the music always plays fine but the left speaker sound very lower than the right speaker.
i know this is a problem with the sound card because the Balance thing is at the middle everywhere.
so...any thoughts?
Here are some things to try:
Make sure your sound card is fully seated propery, or reseat it. (make sure the pc is off first)
Be sure to make sure that your line out cable is securely connected, as a half in / out may produce symptons such as that, or perhaps only one channel even.
Some sound cards have multiple outputs. Make sure you really have it in the audio out.
Conversely, if you DO have multi-outs & can't get it to work properly, try the other to see if it does better.
Get a stereo to mono converter, and run both speakers off the same signal if you must, to see if that corrects the volume.
Check your stereo, or speakers, to be sure the wires are fully & not half connected.
Be sure if using a stereo, that one side is not set to stereo main, while you have the other connected to the weaker front, or center channel audio. Switch them to see if the problem is in the stereo or soundcard if you have to, (does the strong speaker go weak? etc) Or test a cd / radio to see if it has equal volume through the stereo to determine if you need to fix it on the stereo or pc end.
Go to the control panel, sound, make sure you enable the taskbar speak icon & double click it. Be sure the left / right sliders are all dead center, or if you relaly need to, set it offset, till the speakers sound the same.
If using win media player, be sure under sound options that it is not set improperly there, be sure left / right are the same.
Download & use the latest audio driver for your sound card.
If you have to, just wire both speakers to the same signal, or if on the stereo, let them use the same side, but use 1/2 to 75% the normal volume you normally use to keep from overheating the stereo. If you have a high power stereo, you may not use much volume so that may not be necessary anyway.
If using USB audio, switch to another mode or use another usb port if available, to see if it does better. Test your usb card seating.
Please let me know if any of this helps. Thanks!
If these still do not work & you need more help, let me know.
P.S., I mentioned the sound card balance because if you double click the volume control in the task tray, go to advanced properties, there are usually additional audio sliders you can add. If you see things like wave audio, cd audio, etc, add those and be sure they are centered. Thanks!