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Old September 8, 2011, 04:09 PM
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I just installed an ASUS Xonar Essence STX sound card and downloaded the latest drivers from ASUS. Unfortunately, the sound card is not working. I checked the Device Systems and it is there and the drivers are there.

At the moment I only get sound out of my cheap monitor speakers. I tried using my headphones, but no sound comes out.

I did a test using the "Xonar Audio Centre" software and the test does make the headphone work. So now I am even more baffled!!

What have I done wrong?

Thank you,

CG
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Old September 8, 2011, 04:16 PM
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If your monitor speakers are plugged into HDMI or your onboard sound card, it means you didn't enable your STX.
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Old September 8, 2011, 04:17 PM
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Also to get the FP headphone jack IIRC you have to enable that in the xonar CP.
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Are you using Windows Vista/7? If so you have to make sure the Essence STX is the default device in the sound preferences in the Control Panel.
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Old September 8, 2011, 04:43 PM
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Are you using Windows Vista/7? If so you have to make sure the Essence STX is the default device in the sound preferences in the Control Panel.
Hi, I am using Windows 7 x64, where is the sound preferences in CP?

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Old September 8, 2011, 04:47 PM
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Hi, yes you were right. I had to make it my default "sound device" in Control Panel. It is now working great!

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