Audio problem

Hi

I've got a problem with my laptop and I'd like to know if there's a solution to such an annoying issue: I'm trying to use a Z-5500 on my IDT sound card and although Windows (Control Panel/Sound) and the IDT control panel detect it as 5.1 and the tests recognize each satellite, ALL applications are acting as if headphones are connected.
What does that mean? Whatever I'm listening, audio file, audio CD, DVD, BluRay etc the sound can only be heard from the front speakers. If I pull out their cable, only then the center and rear speakers work. If I plug it back in... again only the front speakers work.
The front jack appears separately in the Windows CP as Independent (R.T.C) Headphones and although it's disabled on enabled, the problem persists...

Any ideas?

 

You mean the internal soundcard by saying "IDT soundcard" right?

What does "all application" acting as headphone is connected" mean? Do you mean only stereo output?

If you listen to normal audio file, ie music then the sound will of course come out from the front speakers only since music is stereo source. Thus the behavior when you try to plug in or out the front speakers cable is indeed normal.

If you experence stereo output even with your Bluray then its weird. Maybe its because of wrong settings in your mediaplayer, lack of codecs etc...

I use a Logitech G51 and have no problem with it.

 

Yeap

Yeap, only stereo output: the front speakers.
As I was saying, whether it's audio CD, video DVD, BluRay etc... it's the same: front only. And I've tried just about any software that I could think of, WMP, Winamp, foobar, PowerDVD, VLC, MP Classic etc...

 

IDT control panel might be changing settings to tick off headphones automatically. Mine does it whenever I plug in any speakers. I've just been unchecking it manually whenever it does.