ASUSP4P-EDELUXE + Z5500 (Logitech)., I don't hear anything :( (okay fixed, but 2nd Q)

[bubble.tea]

Okay so after this impulse buy., I picked this pair of speakers up.

After God only knows how long (3 months?) of sitting in the box., I pulled them out and installed 2 days ago. Took a video...so I'll throw it on youtube shortly.

I need help however as I'm not hearing anything.

This stupid AI-enabled ASUS mobo has this software for detecting and testing the speakers that are connected to it. When I run the test, I hear the correspondingly LIT-UP speaker (on the animated test) properly. Front Right, Front Left., RR., RL., Center + Sub. So the TEST as per mobo TELLS me everything is connected properly.

HOWEVER....When I run ANY audio, NOTHING IS PATCHED into the speakers??!??!?!? I don't get it? Any ideas?

If I hadn't connected them properly., I WOULDN'T HAVE HEARD anything when the animated test runs....so that can't be it, neither can it be incorrectly choosing 1-2-3/5.1., or the various inputs 6Ch Direct etc etc.

There's something ELSE that I'm screwing around with unknowingly.

only thing I'm wondering is if the bluetooth dongle is superceding the audio patching??? though there ISN'T any BT headset connected to take it?

Could my overall windows SOUND scheme be muted somehow?

[bubble.tea]

ok., that was BS. as SOON as I ended the post., I disabled my BT dongle., and BANG!!!! I had audio???

that doesn't make sense? Why would the dongle have blocked the audio patching if no headset was connected?

Well...now that I solved this problem...how would I be able to KEEP the dongle 'enabled'., but selectively redirect the audio to either medium?

[Oversized Rooster]

Make sure you don't have Digital Out enabled on your sound "card" or "device". If the speakers are connected through analog (green, orange, black), then you cannot use Digital Out, and you would indeed hear nothing.