Help! Only my right speaker works on my new speakers! Do I need a new sound card?

It depends on the sound-card in the PC.

The "back-left" and "back-right" speakers require special connections to the sound-card.
The "left" and "right" and "centre" speakers are connected to the "main-stereo-audio-out" on the sound-card, as per normal.

The easiest diagnostic is to plug you USB speakers to another computer.
Connect directly to your computer. Do not use USB splitters
Make sure you wired the second speaker to the first speaker (the one with the controls) and from the first one yo connect to the USB jack directly on the PC.
Open the sound card utility and make sure you are balanced and not muted.





For people with standard miniplug speakers: turn on and at max volume the speakers Get two pieces of wire and connect one side to the shaft of the mini conector and hold with your left hand. Hold the other wire with your right hand and touch the other wire to either of the tip or the middle ring of said connector. You should hear a cracking sound from each of the two speakers That way you will know if one of the speakers is Kaput.

switch the lines around..or download new drivers?

Are you sure it's plugged into the right jack? Most computers have two green audio jacks in the back. One for speakers and one for a headset. If you plug it into the headset jack it won't work. Try the other jack maybe? If that doesn't work then try them with another computer. Find out if it's the computer or the speakers. If it's the computer then you might need a driver for it or just a new sound card.

Well you have some options, you can either live with 2 speakers and change the settings back to default. Im assuming the colors you have are orange black and green. black= the surround sound speakers. orange= center and subwoofer. green=right left front

Now if u want true surround sound then you need to buy a new card that had all the ports for your speakers.

i've got the same speakers & have noticed that depending on the type and quality of the device that i plug them into i'll sometimes only get sound from the right speaker. i've deduced that this is due to the type of output the device offers. for example, if i plug the green tip of the cord into the headphone jack of a television with only one speaker only the right speaker will work. hope this helps

Mine dont work my pc wont recognize them. they were previously installed and now the driver isnt recognized. how do i fix it? do i download something?

My left speaker didn't work, I described how I fixed it here: http://users.tpg.com.au/malydog/fixits/logitechx230.htm

Hi, what you probably need to look for is driver for your sound card which is built-in into your motherboard. Try to get the model no. of your mb and proceed to their website to download appropriate drivers. Drivers are OS specific. If your sound card in a plug-in PCI card, then you would have to check the chipset number or the sound card model no. to get the right driver. Hope this helps.

You need to use a digital interface cable between the sound card and the speakers to get all of the 6 channels to work properly.