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I have a new dell inspiron. I just purchased Logitech x-540 surround sound speaker system. The right front, left front, and center speakers don't work. Everything seems to be hooked up right. Any ideas. Is there some kind of configuration in my computer that needs to be tweeked?

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  • Anonymous Feb 21, 2010

    I went to the control panel and did as you said. I changed it to the 5.0, but when it checked the speakers, only the 2 back ones worked. Go figure.

  • Anonymous Feb 22, 2010

    I have a Inspiron 546. Processor AMD Athlon(tm) x2 240 processor. 4095 MB. OS-Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit desktop. My configuration is 5.1. I looked for the downloads, but have no idea which one it is. Hope you can help. Thanks a bunch!!

  • Anonymous Feb 22, 2010

    What a pain this is. I did the download. I did it right, I went back in a checked things, but it still says 5.1. I checked the other configurations, and the checked the speakers, and still the same speakers are working. I don't know if there are any other suggestions, or if I am just missing something. Thanks for trying to help me.

  • Anonymous Feb 26, 2010

    Is there any hope for my speakers working with my computer after downloading the driver. I same speakers work as before. Thanks

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Yes there has to be a configuration for the 5.4 surround sound... look if the hardware came with a CD to update the sound driver. or Check if the its correctly configured. on the control panel then click Sound, then depending what windows you have have to lookk for the configuration or properties area and configure as 5.0 or sorround etc.

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    Nathaniel Berrios Feb 21, 2010

    then its a 5.1 Configuration check if it has 5.1 or later then that. if it doesnt then download the driver... make sure also that all the volume is up for the computer to check . if its all correct then you might have to download the new driver sound driver for the computer configuration.. what computer model do you have laptop or desktop?? is it a windows 2000, XP Vista, or 7 so then i can go ahead and find you the correct website for you to download and install the audio driver.

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    Nathaniel Berrios Feb 22, 2010

    download the desktop driver for the audio on this website. either Via audio or if u have a sound blaster sound card then download the blaster driver.



    to know if you have a sound blaster might look like this






    if not then like this:

    download the via driver and reboot the computer.



    http://support.dell.com/support/download...

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