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Straycat

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#107447 12-Aug-2012 08:24

Hello everyone!

I have an issue...

I bought a new graphics card, a RADEON HD6450, so that I can have two monitors running off my PC at the same time. All is good, except that about a day after installation, the sound now gets played through the monitor (a Samsung 22" TV) instead of through my external speakers that are plugged into the back of my PC.

I have connected the second monitor to the graphics card by way of a HDMI lead, so that it would work.

Any ideas how I can bypass the graphics card for the sound, so that it plays through my surround speakers like before?

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#671299 12-Aug-2012 09:36

Open Control Panel, Sound and change the default output device.

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#671309 12-Aug-2012 10:09

Hi there,

Well, I did that, but all that is showing is the Radeon card, not my speakers...

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#671340 12-Aug-2012 11:08

You mean in this list?

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#671359 12-Aug-2012 11:27

looks different to mine... I'm running Windows XP. i go to control panel, and click on sounds. all it shows is the Radeon sioundcard and AMD somethingp-or-oither, but they are not my external speakers (which are plugged into the computer)

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#671362 12-Aug-2012 11:34

You won't see "speakers" you will see the device driving them. Switch the default to the other device and see how it goes.

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