

That lead to searching for and finding which mentioned the ICE software. If your soundcard had a dedicated sub output then you may be able to configure it for a sub and two other speakers individually.Įven if you can get this working you will need some sort of filter for the sub so it only plays low end frequencies and using laptop speakers with it would be horrible sounding since the there is a huge range over the sub but under the laptop speakers ability to play back audio that will be missing.īecause of your insight to seek out the name of the sub (I hadn't noticed it had a name because it'd rubbed off). Like these That is why there is no 2.1 option but just stereo.

From the post you just have the sub connected and trying to use it the laptop speakers with an external sub? Not sure if that will work properly, what exactly are you connecting? Has it ever worked?Ģ.1 is setup is really just left/right with a sub, made for speakers sold together that use the crossover in the amp part to send low end frequencies to the sub and the rest to the satellite speakers. Need some info about the speakers you are using.

What can I do to get to the root of this? Where is the 0h.1 of my 2.1? I've already installed the drivers again (in 2 or 3 different formats), both by normal uninstall and restart with device autodetection installing them from whatever's included on the PC, as well as downloading them from Asus and letting it's wizard do it's thing. In previous months I've messed with all sorts of things I didn't understand (registry, services.msc, windows updates) trying to solve some other non-sound issues. It also doesn't show up in the "sound" >"configure" image, nor "test". Under "audio Channels" there is only one option listed "stereo", but this is a 2.1 (or 4.1? - I'm guessing 2.1 because its a laptop with 2 internals and an external sub). Other than that notification, it doesn't seem to be recognized by the system. There is no other sign of the subwoofer except for a Realtek notification which tells me it's been plugged in or unplugged. There is a small electronic click when you plug it in or restart the PC. The subwoofer is not being recognized by the system.
