and make sure the balance is in the middle, not left/right.
The short of it:
A fairly new PC is only getting sound from one speaker. Speakers, themselves are fine.
Setup:
Motherboard: MSI K8T Neo
CPU: Athlon 3200+ CPU
Memory: 512
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
On MB: Realtek AC97 audio
What I've tried/learned:
Headphones, speakers, etc., all result in the same thing. Only the "right speaker" feed is being heard. I installed a SB Live! card into the machine and got the same results. I did fiddle around with that a bit and found that if I set the SB Live! to being headphones, I get both left and right speaker feeds out the right speaker, but still no sound out the left.
I reloaded drivers, etc. This one baffles me. Any suggestions? Anyone come across this before?

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