Unable to hear anything through headset on my desktop

[Shiveron]

Titles says it. I can't hear anyone talking in vent in my headset (turtle beach x1) when using it with my desktop. I know it's not the headset because it works with skype and live messenger. It's also weird because the exact same settings and same headset work perfectly with my laptop. I am able to talk just fine and everyone can hear me, but I have to have my headset hanging around my neck and my speakers up to hear anyone else, it's extremely annoying. I can hear all of vent's program sounds but no voices from people talking. My pc doesn't detect my headset either. Never has. But I plug the audio jack into my speakers and have a extension to plug the input into my soundcard.

[Prog-Rocker]

do you hear event sounds, like connecting to a server or switching channels?

on vent main window at bottom, is 'mute sound' box checked?

in vent setup/voice-binds-speech tabs, set the output to enable 'use directsound' then set the name to turtle-beach

set the inbound amplifier to 0

[FONT=Verdana]Check the Audio driver to make sure it is up to date. Or try re-installing the current driver.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana](note: some USB Headsets do not require a driver)[/FONT]
[I][FONT=Verdana](Don’t assume the driver is up to date as a newer one may have been released since the computer was built)[/FONT][/I]
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[FONT=Verdana]- If you have a brand-name PC, like Dell or HP, then check the manufacturers website for driver updates.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]- If you built the PC and use the on-board sound device then check the motherboard manufacturers website for drivers for your model motherboard.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]- If you use a plug-in soundcard, like SoundBlaster, then check that manufacturers website for drivers.[/FONT]
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[U][FONT=Verdana]Also check for BIOS and chipset updates[/FONT][/U]

[FONT=Verdana]Is your system sound configured for 5.1 or 7.1?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]([COLOR=red]XP[/COLOR] - windows control-panel / sounds / click the ‘Advanced’ button in the ‘Speaker Settings’ section / speaker setup input box setting)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]([COLOR=red]Vista/Win7[/COLOR] – windows control-panel / sounds / Playback / select speaker device / ‘Configure’ button / Audio Channels)[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana]If yes then:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Goto Vent setup/voice-binds-speech tabs / SFX button / Directional / Add “Front Left & Right 5.1 (or 7.1)”[/FONT]

[Shiveron]

Thank you very much. The direct sound and directional sfx are what did it.