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    Anyway to dot this?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Lanscaper, Oct 11, 2011.

  1. Lanscaper

    Lanscaper Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,
    I am wondering if there is an option that lets me disable the laptop speakers but keep the headphone jack active. This way if I accidently unplug the headphones there won't be music pounding through the speakers.

    Thanks!
     
    Lanscaper, Oct 11, 2011
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    DarthPierce Notebook Consultant

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    Pretty sure if you right click the volume thing in the taskbar and go to playback devices, you can then right click on the speakers and disable them.

    I have to mess with these settings regularly as sometimes i want speakers, sometimes headphones, sometimes spdif, and sometimes hdmi...
     
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    Lanscaper Notebook Consultant

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    i find it treats the speakers and headphones as the same device when I do that. It will mute both on me ;(
     
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    The only way i know how to do this is to get a USB headset. They come with built in sound cards and are handled with a different volume control. You can disable the Dell sound.
     
    SlickDude80, Oct 11, 2011
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