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    headphone and speakers playing at the same time

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tasmonkey, Dec 7, 2006.

  1. tasmonkey

    tasmonkey Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    hi, i have a f3ja. only recently, my speakers on my laptop play at the same time when i plug in my headphone into the headphone jack. both device play sound but i don't want both be playing at the same time. it should be that only my headphone play sound not my speaker. i have no idea why this kind of function started. i tried reinstalling the newest audio driver but it didn't help. is there a way i can turn this function off? i'm getting bothered by this. thanks for helping.
     
    tasmonkey, Dec 7, 2006
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    Asus will need to take a look at that. There's a switch in the headphone jack that turns off the speakers...
     
    PROPortable, Dec 7, 2006
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    Fiah, Dec 8, 2006
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    Has anyone been able to fix it? Either by themselves or through asus? I'd like to know for future reference if my f3jc develops similar problem what course to take. Thanks.
     
    hapablap, Dec 8, 2006
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    afaik some people had it miraculously fixed, others noted that it worked under Linux, but not under Windows. Yet others reported the opposite.
     
    Fiah, Dec 11, 2006
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    I don't know if it's been suggested but try uninstalling and reinstalling your sound card drivers. It's probably a pain in the buttcheeks if you have to do this every time it messes up, but give it a shot.
     
    Gator, Dec 11, 2006
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    It has been suggested before but doesn't help since unfortunately faulty hardware is to blame.
    Indeed, the audio jack worked and the speakers didn't and so in Ubuntu with ALSA generic drivers and Vista RC2 with Realtek`s appropriate drivers.
     
    siLc, Dec 12, 2006
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    apart from a software problem it may well be the tiny switch inside..... try inserting and removing the 3.5mm jack a few times pretty quickly to get the switch to come right... no harm in trying.


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    Insane, Dec 12, 2006
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