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    Internal speakers won't work after external speakers plugged in.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by walleyealx, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. walleyealx

    walleyealx Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know this has probably been asked before but I haven't really found an answer.

    I plug in external speakers and they work fine. After I unplug them I get no audio whatsoever.

    Any ideas?

    thanks ahead of time.
     
    walleyealx, Sep 2, 2010
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  2. walleyealx

    walleyealx Notebook Enthusiast

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    giving this thread a bump
     
    walleyealx, Sep 3, 2010
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  3. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Check if theres dust in the audio out port. Dust can make it think there's a speeker plugged in. Also try updating the audio driver.
     
    Nick, Sep 3, 2010
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  4. walleyealx

    walleyealx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Tried both of those, still no dice.
     
    walleyealx, Sep 4, 2010
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  5. Jsucool76

    Jsucool76 Notebook Consultant

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    I was under the impression that that is just how speakers work? Same way when you plug in headphones, sound doesn't come out of your speakers, does it?
    I think that's just the way it happens to work, sorry bud
     
    Jsucool76, Sep 4, 2010
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  6. kezuk12

    kezuk12 Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried checking your default audio devices in control panel > sound?
    Check that the speakers you want to be playing are the default device and enabled.
    If they're not there then right click in the space and check 'show disabled devices'!

    Hope this helps!
     
    kezuk12, Sep 4, 2010
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