Audio Channels reversed

Hallo NotebookReviewers, I have an odd situation on my G73jh, aside from this issue, I have had none on my G73 as of yet. The issue is the sound on the onboard speakers are reversed. Right comes from left and left comes from right. How can I fix this? Is there a simple way to just reverse the sound in windows 7? Since I do use headphones at times, I would want to be able to undo it quickly if I'm on headphones and redo it when I'm on the speakers.

 

Check the windows sound settings/equalizer, your system may have bugged out and reverted to an odd setup, otherwise if this has happened the whole time you have owned this notebook, they may have gotten the speaker wires mixed up when installing them, and to fix that would be more trouble than just sending it in. In short check the sound settings on windows first, if there is no obvious cause to the problem I would then suggest sending it in for RMA.

 

Put on headphones the other way round

 

I also have this problem and cannot find any way to reverse the left/right output. A suggestion to a fix would be nice. I use the onboard speakers primarily.

 

Hi k3CK: I did use Google. In fact I went through the first 5 pages of results on several searches and found nothing useful. I came onto this website because I know it has knowledgeable people who know their stuff and this board because it is only about Asus gaming laptops. If you feel the need to tell me to Google results, fine. Point me to the search you used to find the answer because I just might have missed it after an hour of searching. I would appreciate it more than your glib response.

To the other posters: Using headphones, the channels are correct. It is only in using the onboard speakers that the sound is incorrect. Since I do watch movies on my laptop, the left and right channels being reversed on the onboard speakers is annoying. I did do a sound test by completely muting the left speaker and then playing static on the left channel. It was mute. Right channel produced static out of my left speaker. I have been messing with the driver and I think it's a hardware issue, but I can't find a simple way to just reverse the sound channels in Windows 7.

BTW: The tip to just wear headphones backwards is something like the first reply in every thread linked on the first page of results. It's cute. Not helpful in the least with what I stated in my post. But cute.

To clarify my original post: I am looking for a way through either software or OS to reverse my audio channels. I don't need it for when I am wearing headphones, but it would be nice if it was easily reversible for when I am wearing headphones since I have an expensive headset that only allows the mic to be on the left side.

 

Did you happen to read my post jpuff? I asked if the issue has just started occurring or has happened the whole time you owned the notebook. If it is a brand new notebook and the issue happened since you got it, that would point to the wiring being backwards in the unit itself and you would have to send it in to get repaired, this is likely the issue since the headphones work fine and the audio jack for headphones is wired separately from the speakers.