Front panel audio only outputting certain channels

[dzz]

Hey all, I noticed that my P55A-UD3 mobo's front panel output is behaving strangely.  The realtek drivers detected headphones plugged in correctly, but when I tried to play anything, it seems like it's only outputting the front 2 channels of audio.  When I plug the headphones in the back panel of motherboard, everything works correctly, playing the same file results in all channels being outputted through the headphones.  Is there any driver adjustments I have to make in order to get the front panel to output all channels of audio?

Thanks.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

If you click on the headphones icon in the system tray on the bottom right of your screen it shopuld open up a description box which if you then click on the icon inside will open up a properties box which will let you configure the headphones.

[dzz]

Thanks.  Are you talking about the default Windows driver setup or the Realtek control panel?  I tried to configure the speakers with both default Windows driver installed and Realtek drivers installed, but it's behaving the same.  In the realtek driver I have the port set as headphones, but it's still having the same issue.  It's as if it thinks the front panel ports are a 5.1 channel setup so the front panel jack only output the left and right speaker channels.