4.1 speaker installation tips ?

i enjoy a PC with asus P5PE motherboard efficient of surround sound ( 6 drain ) . the rear of my PC come with one and only standard stereo output .

A ) can i run a 4.1 speaker system of the USB port ( will it then convey like 2.1 speakers a separate power cord ? ) or do i hold to install a new set of output jacks to the backside of my PC ?

B ) can if all else fail a good 4.1 system resembling Creative be run as 2.1 ?

B part 2 ) should the speaker settings after be 2.1 or 4.1 in Windows XP ?

C ) does speakers from Creative or Altec Lansing come next to USB input for 4.1 ?

thank you ....

4.1 speaker installation tips ?

First off regretfully; USB for speakers is a general 'no no'. Although the mainboard may be adept of 6 channel nouns that doesn't mean it supports 4.1 or above setups. I one-sidedly run a 5.1 setup myself and it requires 3 speaker plugin's. Most any mainboard even high close ones do not support more than a 2.1 setup. For surround setups unfortunatley you will be forced to get an addin card (Pci or pciexpress) to do this.



Creative is probably the most popular brand available. (Horrible driver support however)



If the mainboard your using does infact support 4.1, adjectives of the options will enjoy to reflect that on your nouns settings or it will not utilize your 4.1 setup correctly.



Answer to your A yes, it can be ran as a 2.1 setup however you may enjoy to not plugin one of the connections and leave the settings as 2.1, as said up to that time however the 2.1 setup will only use a front disappeared; front right, Center, and possibly a sub.