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 - Apr 30, 2012 at 12:32 PM - Latest reply:  KingsHillSoftware - Jul 30, 2017 at 11:45 AM
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Hello,


This post is for people who are having a very specific issue.


Please see: http://ccm.net/faq/4462-no-sound-from-my-laptop-headphone-jack
Before you try this fix.

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

Solution:
-Open "Add or Remove Programs"
-Uninstall IDT Audio
-Restart computer

If this solution doesn't work for you and you would like to undo it, please use System Restore

Hope this helps someone,

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Report Respond to pooja
Oct 28, 2014 at 01:27 AM
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Thank you
hi but there is only speaker and it is unable to touch default setting

Thank you, pooja 35

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- Nov 21, 2014 at 01:08 AM
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 ..
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- Dec 2, 2014 at 09:26 PM
Thanks Reza - have the same laptop and this solved my problem also.
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- Apr 28, 2017 at 10:29 AM
thank you
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- Jul 30, 2017 at 11:45 AM
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.
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Aug 15, 2013 at 10:15 AM
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Hi try this out..

Speaker or headphone can be set as default.... [I'm nt sure if both can be activated in Win 7 at the same time ]

Control Panel -> Hardware & sounds -> Sound ->

In Playback tab Select Speaker / Headphone and click the drop-down Select Default.....

U can now enjoy hearing n headphone..
hope this helps...
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- Nov 18, 2014 at 09:42 PM
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
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- Nov 21, 2014 at 08:44 AM
Superb...
I think it is the hardware problem.. and may too cost..
But now it is solved...
thanks a lot dear dude..
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- Nov 26, 2014 at 01:03 AM
I am using Windows 8.1 and the only dropdown I see is Set default which is disabled.
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- Dec 26, 2014 at 04:36 AM
Thanks so much it works
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- Mar 25, 2015 at 09:19 AM
thanks...
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 Apr 30, 2012 at 12:45 PM
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To clarify:

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.
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 Apr 30, 2012 at 12:46 PM
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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)
Report Respond to Boatmike
Feb 17, 2014 at 06:47 PM
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Thank you
worked great!!! thanks
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Jul 25, 2014 at 05:54 PM
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Thank you
worked great!!!
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