[solved] Headphones not working with Windows

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- Updated on Dec 29, 2018 at 08:34 AM
KingsHillSoftware - Jul 30, 2017 at 11:45 AM

Hello,

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

Please see this before you try this fix. The issue this fix addresses was on an HP Compaq 515 running on Windows 7 Home Premium.

I have 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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6 replies

Answer 1 / 6

harry
Updated on Dec 29, 2018 at 08:36 AM

Hi,

Try this out:

Speaker or headphone can be set as default. [I'm not sure if both can be activated in Window 7 at the same time ]
Control Panel > Hardware & sounds > Sound
In Playback tab, select Speaker / Headphone and click the drop-down.
Select Default

You can now enjoy hearing and headphone!

vkd
Nov 27, 2013 at 09:22 AM

Yes it worked..thanks (y)

Jzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzza
Jan 10, 2014 at 11:29 PM

Thanks, this worked like s charm for me.

Jay
Mar 3, 2014 at 07:47 AM

This worked for me. Thanks a lot . Cheers !

chey
Mar 20, 2014 at 03:46 PM

Awesome! Thanks so much!

alkatraz
Apr 12, 2014 at 02:17 PM

awsm bro

Answer 6 / 6

pooja
Oct 28, 2014 at 01:27 AM

hi but there is only speaker and it is unable to touch default setting

Reza
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 ..

ClimbHi
Dec 2, 2014 at 09:26 PM

Thanks Reza - have the same laptop and this solved my problem also.

person
Apr 28, 2017 at 10:29 AM

thank you

KingsHillSoftware
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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