Maybe someone has run across this problem before. I like using 4-speakers for my gaming(Half-Life TFC, Battlefield1942, FS2K2...etc). http://home.attbi.com/~magnetron/4speakers.jpgOn my previous(backup p4-2.4 p4b533mobo)system everything worked fine. But with my new system(XP2800+ A7N8X-D), every time I start FS2K2, my 4-speaker setting goes back to 2-speakers :-( and I do not see this behavior in my other games :-) Tried changing soundcard, videocard, drivers...etc but no luck. Soundcards tried: onboard AC97, Audigy Gamer and SBLive 5.1 System: XP2800+ Asus A7N8X-Deluxe2x256meg corsair CMX256A-2700LLPTATI 9700 Pro30gig IBM 7200 52x cdromSB Audigy GamerMy system looks very similar to my son's as viewed here ==> http://home.attbi.com/~magnetron/xp2500.html john (KEWB)

Are you using WinXP Pro? If so, try making your changes in your administrator's side vice a user side.

I occasionally get that occuring too. HAsn't happened for a while though so i'm keeping my fingers crossed.Not only did it change from 5.1 Surround sound to 2 speakers, all the EAX, bass, treble etc and environment settings went all to hell too.I'm running XP Home.

We seem to have very different Creative MediaSource software though.

Thanks for the replies :-) Nice to know I am not the only one with this problem. Oddly enough, I am running XP Pro on both my systems, and aside from the mobo, cpu and some other hardware, both XP installations are identical. I do not see this behavior on my P4 2.4G system with XP Pro. After FS2K2 starts, I can bring up AudioHQ and set speakers back to 4 and all is fine until the next time I start FS2K2 :-(john(KEWB)