Audigy 2 in 6 speaker mode (5.1) - no audio on right rear speaker

I just got the Klipsch 5.1 ProMedia speaker set for my Gateway FMC-901X.
However, whenever I run DVDs in 5.1 mode (LOTR- Two Towers or Matrix), I get
no sound out of the right rear speaker. It is not the Klipsch or the cables
because if I swap front with rear speakers (at the Klipsch subwoofer/amp)
then I get no sound out of the front right. In fact, it is not even the
connection to the Audigy sound card because if I run in 2 Speaker stereo
mode I get sound out of all the speakers. Any ideas what coud be wrong?
Perhaps a defective Audigy Card?

 

It could be. I have sound out of all 5 (6) here so it isn't an issue
with the driver/card design. It might warrant a call to Gateway to see
if there is anything you can do before having the card replaced.

 

"Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices"

It turns out the card isn't bad. I installed the Audigy 2 Speaker
Calibration program and it plays 5.1 just fine. In fact, if I run WinDVD 4
by itself it plays my DVDs with 5.1 surround just fine. Even better, it
remembers the 5.1 speaker setting. However, whenever I play a DVD from MCE,
first I always have to reselect 5.1 surround on the "iviaudio" non-MCE app
(which is very annoying) and second, the surround sound is messed up.

So I downloaded the WinDVD 5 trial and now the 5.1 surround works correctly
from the MCE UI. However, I still have to select 5.1 surround (it keeps
defaulting to 2 channel stereo) every time I watch a DVD with the MCE UI.

 

Glad it isn't a defective card.

Call Gateway and tell them you need the WinDVD Surround Sound
compatible version - 4.0.11.235.

I am not sure what is going on with your system that is causing it to
revert to stereo.
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Ed,

How big is the set of files on the DVD Audio CD? Is it small enough to zip
up into an email? Hint, hint.