I have tried removing the drivers and redownloading the audio drivers from Acers website. Restart the laptop and go back to the Device Manager and check again for a Realtek driver. Do they require a driver? Have you tried rt clicking the volume icon, and clicking Troubleshoot? Thanks man for this lifesaver! You can update your drivers automatically with both the Free and Pro versions of Driver Easy. This is because headphones play analogue sound - Windows Media Player is set to play digital sound. .
The laptop detects the headphone, an icon shows in the Notifications area saying a device was plugged in. Laptops and tablets do not usually have sound cards. Go to tweaking dot com It will have a creamy orange coloured bar along the top with the following Programs Games Articles News Links About Forums Choose Programs It will have a page with the following Windows Repair All In One Tweaking. I can only make speakers or headphones as default device. Poor sound quality occurs when lower sound levels are raised to a peak level. I backed up the registry created restore points, and created a system image just in case cause I had just spend days of doing Microsoft updates and really didn't want to go through all that again. You do not need to go to device manager.
Let it run and complete and don't cancel it once it has started. Even if you do not think that the fuse has blown, it is a good idea to swap the fuse to make sure. You could also try the native Windows audio driver. Now remove and reconnect the Headphone and check. I could make it work only once by going to safe mode and installing the realtek driver, there but after a couple of restarting the problem came back and again I have no sound in my headphone.
It is basically open sourced style of creation although not licenses as such. Doing so reduces the quality of the sound and is harder on the speakers. If you are using Windows 8 or 8. Instead, they have integrated sound processors, which appear in the same category in Device Manager. Before when I turned speakers on it played through speakers, as soon as I plugged in headphones the speakers muted automatically and I got audio through headphones. Hi Shevin, Method 1 : Good to know that you have already tried few troubleshooting steps. Fortunately, after just playing around with different settings, I managed to fix the problem.
Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions. This is where you re-install windows again but you manage to retain all of your programs and settings. It does not come up with anything under playback devices when I plug in my headphones so there's no option to swap to them. Thanks in advance all who help, and I hope to be hearing from someone soon. Now the headphone jack problem on Windows 8 should be resolved. Edit: Restarted the computer and the sound was gone.
You may wish to do this step and I highly recommend you do as it only takes a few extra minutes of your time. I also keep a fair few tools on hand to fix things like this, in this case nearly everything I had tried already. I would recommend if you aren't doing so already is testing anything that you are downloading against VirusTotal dot com for reassurance. Open the Device Manager 2. Click Playback tab I had to choose an icon for my headphones by right clicking on the alternative to my speakers 5. Monk Using that method I can only select either headphones or speakers as default.
As darlenesigel make sure you are using drivers that are for Windows 8 and not Windows 7. But with the you can update your drivers with just two clicks: 1 Click Scan Now. System Model: To Be Filled By O. Right click at the speaker icon in the right bottom corner, choose playback devices. The sound is coming from the internal speakers. If so, is it installed ok? Expand Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Do you mean the list of playback devices on the Playback tab of the Sound properties? There is not a problem with the headphone; I tried another headphone and have the same problem.
Thanks for any help, please let me know if more information is needed. I had this problem with my computer at work- after much trial and error I found the solution to be very simple. Can you confirm Device Manager shows all drivers installed no yellow exclamation marks? Select Stereo and click Next. The volume setting for one or more sound devices might be disabled or set too low. Apart from these, sometimes we need to use headphone for serious purposes such as to attend meeting through Skype, to call our friends in Skype etc.
If a sound card is listed, you have one installed. Are your headphones working now? Do they require a driver? I get stuck at step 2. I have tried removing the drivers and redownloading the audio drivers from Acers website. If any of these volume controls are muted or set too low, the entire sound experience is affected. If there is no sound coming from the speaker, not even a humming noise, remove and replace the fuse. These jacks connect to a sound processor.
Open the Device Manager find it in the Control Panel, or type devmgmt. After I checked this box, my headphones worked. Click Configure in the bottom left. If you have re-installed your audio driver and the problem remains then it is a hardware problem, except there is one configuration that can shut down audio to the headphones. Malware and installed programs can modify your default settings. If unsure which is the right jack, try plugging speakers into each of the jacks and see it produces any sound.