The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    HP Envy 17 3200 - Extremely low headphone volume after Windows 8 upgrade

    Discussion in 'HP' started by js2393, Dec 23, 2012.

  1. js2393

    js2393 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    92
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I just updated my Envy 17 3200 to Windows 8 and now the sound from my headphone jack is almost mute. To put it in perspective, when I max out the sound at 100, it's the equivalent of about 5 or less on Windows 7 (it's so quiet I initially thought audio was completely disabled). I've updated all of my drivers to the Windows 8 drivers from the HP support site, restarted multiple times, but still no luck. Any ideas?

    NOTE: This is not the same Beats Audio fluctuation issues that others have reported.
     
    js2393, Dec 23, 2012
    #1
  2. js2393

    js2393 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    92
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Not sure what the issue was exactly, but after performing the brightness/keyboard light fix that involves completely uninstalling and reinstalling the Intel/AMD display drivers, my sound is back to normal. It was probably just coincidence as a result of restarting my laptop many times, but just in case someone else has this problem, it can't hurt to try the brightness/keyboard fix ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-drivers-software-forum/630212-drivers-hp-envy-15-3xxx-envy-17-3xxx-intel-26.html#post8925118).
     
    js2393, Dec 23, 2012
    #2