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    Audio Jacks

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by jabij5, Aug 29, 2010.

  1. jabij5

    jabij5 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm trying to get sound come out from both audio ports but when I plug two headphones sound only comes out from one. I can get other sounds like windows system sounds (clicking, error messages' sounds, etc.) to come out from one headphone while music plays on the other but can't get music on both (windows media player sound).

    Also when I first got my machine there was a notification in the taskbar that came up every time I would plug something in the audio jack but after restoring from the recovery discs it no longer appears. Is this a driver problem or..?
     
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    The reason you don't have simultaneous sound coming out is probably because you have your speaker config set to 5.1.

    Go to Windows Control Panel --> Sound. Right-click on Speakers --> Configure Speakers. Set speaker config to Stereo.

    As for the pop-up notification... that is the Realtek Audio driver. If you re-installed / reformatted your machine, then you need to reinstall that driver. You can find it on Welcome to Dell Support --> Drivers & Downloads, under the "Audio" section for the M11x.
     
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