[solved] Headphones not working with Windows [Solved/Closed]
markhelp33
Posts Monday April 30, 2012Registration date
May 13, 2012
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Apr 30, 2012 at 12:32 PM - Latest reply: KingsHillSoftware
- Jul 30, 2017 at 11:45 AM
The issue this fix addresses was on an HP Compaq 515 running Windows 7 Home Premium.
Presentation:
-Computer is a laptop with working speakers
-When headphones are plugged in they are detected but do not play music
-You cannot set the headphones as the default playback device even if you disable the speakers
-Reinstalling the audio drivers does NOT work
i had the same problem up until 2 minutes ago, my laptop is elitebook 8440p and I ended up fixing the issue through something called IDT HD Audio Driver after installing it , I had the headphone appear in devices besides speakers.
there was no default since there was only speakers ..
Ah! Thank you! I didn't accidently remove this, the latest Windows 10 update did. I have an old 8460p which has been great, and this did the trick for me - I don't know how long it would have taken me to get to this, so thank you. This probably saved me a ton of time.
By the way, it may be the same driver, but I did go and search for that driver on my model, just in case.
Wow! I can't believe I never thought of that, kudos to you. And to my surprise it didn't just reset my audio driver, but it fixed the resolution on my second monitor too!
Not sure how you figured that out, but at fist it did not work, so I kept switching back and forth on my default and *Somehow* It ended up figuring out it was there! You rock! Also, I'm using windows 8 if anyone else had the same frustration
This fix works because the computer will use audio drivers from the default Windows driver library. So after you do this fix you would expect for everything to work just fine.
You could apply this method (basically of making Windows use default drivers) to similar audio issues, ie I have done this with a computer with Realtek audio as well (although the original problem was totally different)
there was no default since there was only speakers ..
By the way, it may be the same driver, but I did go and search for that driver on my model, just in case.