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    Sound wont switch between speaker and heaphones

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Secret Neo, May 6, 2009.

  1. Secret Neo

    Secret Neo Notebook Geek

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    i just installed xp on another partition on my laptop and my sound will only play thru the speakers or the speakers/headphones combo, it wont just mute the speakers and play thru the input jack. the driver is fine, any ideas?
     
    Secret Neo, May 6, 2009
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    Evoss-X Notebook Deity

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    When You plug jack into the laptop the window Realtek control pannel will pop-up and you have to select what you want to use and and klick mouse on that and press ok
     
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    theres nothing that comes up tho. i have vista, ubuntu and xp (on my desktop as well) and they all mute the speakers sound when i plug in headphones and there's no popups.
     
    Secret Neo, May 6, 2009
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