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The left and right channels on my Soundblaster Live card are reversed on ALL sound output.
Creative suggested that I put the green plug in the green hole and make sure that my speaker configuration was correct, i.e. 2 desktop speakers, when I replied that I had done all that, I never heard anything else from them.
I have uninstalled and re-installed the latest drivers. This problem was evident with Windows 98 and ME, also with different sets of speakers. It didn't bother me with my old speakers, I just switched them around on my desk, but my new speakers will only sit one way. I'm sure there must be a way, in the software or even in the registry, to change the channels around, but I can't find one. Any help appreciated.
System....
Athlon 750, Asus K7V motherboard, Creative Soundblaster Live, Riva TNT M64 video card, 128Mb PC133 Sdram.
 
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I'm not aware of any way to swap left and right.

The way the card sends out sound is based on a physical connector, inside the jack. If it is truly backwards, the jack on your sound card must be wired wrong.

I just took a look through my Live! settings and didn't see any way to swap...

Can you exchange the card?

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Thanks Larry,
It's probably too late to replace the card under warranty, I think it was an OEM version.
I've downloaded the manual from Creative and can't find any reference to it.
What I will probably end up doing is getting out the trusty old soldering iron and either, changing the connections internally in my speakers or cutting the in lead and putting a reversible two way connector outside the speakers, but I wanted to leave that as a last resort.
I wonder if other people have got this problem and have just never noticed it.

Regards and thanks for checking anyway.
 
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