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    Upgraded to win 10 now my AUX headphones dont work

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by L33k, Jul 30, 2015.

  1. L33k

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    As the title says.

    I have been using an iPhone headset in my aux port just fine, when plugged in I would get a promt to use the PC speaker array or the headset mic. Now post update no headphones at all work in the port.

    I have tried updating the speaker drivers and it does not change.

    Have a Alienware 17R2 (early '15)
     
    L33k, Jul 30, 2015
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    I have an m17x R4, same exact problem.
    ok so i uninstalled the drivers for audio. which were the soundblaster recon3di ones. which disabled any sound. then i rebooted and it now plays sound out of my headset. however it doesnt recognize it as a head set plugged in. Just shows speakers. I dont know how i am going to get my mic to work...... :/
     
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    I found a fix. By going to the dell driver support I found the drivers for my model and downloaded and installed the Sound Blaster Recon3Di Driver for windows 8. For me this is version 6.0.100.2039.
    here is the link to all the drivers for my model:
    http://downloads.dell.com/published/pages/alienware-m17x-r4.html
    and for the actual driver i installed:
    http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER00796472M/6/Audio_Creative_W84_X03_A00_Setup-W39M6_ZPE.exe
    Im not too active on these forums but i will be checking on this if i can for a couple days in case you have any questions. i hope this fixes your problems aswell.
    Peace
     
    carno, Aug 1, 2015
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  4. rjtnag

    rjtnag Notebook Evangelist

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    i am also having the same problem with creative soundblaster
    no aux output
    speakers work fine
    reinstalling drivers didnt help
    though i came from windows 7 ultimate and now win10pro
     
    rjtnag, Aug 1, 2015
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    I ran into the same problem on my M18xR2 with Sound Blaster Recon3Di... see the fix under Bug #1 in this post.
     
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    thanks a lot, will check out this fix
     
    rjtnag, Aug 2, 2015
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