Rather than post 2 threads id thought id just put my 2 questions in this one!

~ My sound only seems to play out of 1 channel.. ( EDIT: THINGS WILL PLAY OUT THE OTHER SPEAKER BUT IT SEEMS TO BE MISSING SOME SOUNDS LAYERS) the right speaker or right headphone WHETHER i plug them in at the front or back sound port on my PC should i assume that its the fault with the soundcard itself or something software based on my PC? ( The levels are correctly balanced on "volume control". don't know if this picture helps:




~ My other question is graphics card related: Im using a Radeon 9600XT graphics card. Ive only had my pc like 8 months and it now makes loads of noise when i turn on my pc.. it quietens down after about 3 minutes of running. i cleaned out the fan on it but im fresh out of ideas as to what the problem is? Is it possible to buy seperate components for the graphics card or not?

THANKS in anticipation You may need to upgrade your Sound Card drivers.ill try this now thanks, any ideas about my graphics card?Sometimes the fans on video cards or anything from a processor to a harddrive tend to go bad over TIME, just like everything else in this world. Again there maybe another way of solving this problem but the only thing I see fit is either to buy a new video card or to simply replace the fan if allowed. sorry for inconvinience.ye i tried asking various PC shops but most are pretty unhelpful (not to mention clueless) i was THINKING of just buying myself a new one soon though anyway since the 9600xt is a bit slow and out dated the updates didnt fix my soundcard problem  :-/ *censored* any other ideas?  maybe bad sound card??? out of a guess. sorry no other ideas. http://www.provantage.com/zalman-zmvf700cu~7ZALM00W.htm

This should be the right VGA cooling fan.

thanks for the help about the graphics card ill try and order a new fan at some point, any ideas about sound cards anyone? a recommended one that works good? i have up to about $70 to spend on one.

thanks in advance  Here's a good online source: http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=57&name=Sound-Cards.  Read the reviews, keeping in mind some reviews are posted by idiots. Quote

thanks for the help about the graphics card [highlight]ill try and order a new fan at some point[/highlight], any ideas about sound cards anyone? a recommended one that works good? i have up to about $70 to spend on one.

thanks in advance  

its ok i put a new one on my christmas list ; P ill sell the old one on ebay as " in need of a new fan" i cant really be bothered to fiddle! besides which i dont know mucha bout computers so chances are ill do more damage trying to fix it than just buying a new one