M570RU / NP5791: Headphone jack WAAAAY too loud

Is there any way to fix this? It seems to be on a different scale from the regular speaker audio in terms of volume control.

 

Is it loud enough that it is painful even at the lower range of the Windows volume control? Generally the headphone jack does have a little more "oomph" behind it, since you want to be able to reasonably drive a good pair of headphones or external speakers. The main difference you're seeing comes from the fact that it's nearly impossible to fit a really good (e.g., powerful) set of speakers into a notebook's space and power requirements, so headphones are frequently much more powerfully driven by the onboard sound, which has quite a bit of juice available that the internal speakers just can't use. If it's still deafening to use headphones at a low volume setting, though, you might want to try updating your audio drivers using the latest from Sager:

Windows XP:
http://64.208.175.44/ftp/audio/02Audio_M570RU.exe

Windows Vista:
http://64.208.175.44/ftp/audio/02AudioV_M570RU.exe

 

That`s a first. I would`ve liked to get more juice out of the onboard sound...I guess you might be lucky

 

The point is that with virtually all laptops there just isn't enough room for good speakers, and the environment for speakers is really poor, so it is unusual to get anything better than mediocre sound quality and volume from on board speakers.

However the audio cards are plenty powerful enough to drive just about anything you put to it.

Now, if what you are getting is a hum through your headset or speakers, you might want to consider the HUM X Ground Loop Eliminator

 

mine is the same way the headphone jack is wayyyyyyyyyy louder than the speakers are... hmm im going to look at the board today and see how easy it would be to re-route the headphone out to the speakers onboard instead to see if it makes a difference i have extensive backround in circuit board repair that should be a breeze well see when i open it up..

 

You're a brave man, Z.

 

well it would actually be very easy to do if you have any circuit board experience. since the headphone output is stereo already... all that needs to be done is to basically solder extensions onto the speakers and send those to the board where the hp jack is and visa versa for the headphone jack looks to be super easy to do ill report back once i get the system apart

 

Thanks for all the feedback. The main annoyance with it is that every once in a while I'll put the headphones on and then plug them in, and hurt my ears! But it is a pain to have to adjust the volume every time I switch from headphones to the lappy speakers

 

I would just get headphones that have a volume slider on them.

Headphones are generally more efficient / sensitive than speakers are, aren't they? There are no specs anywhere for them so hard to tell.

I don't think they would make the headphone output louder than the speaker output. It is just that headphones will almost always be louder considering it is easier to drive them than it is to drive a pair of larger speakers.

The same power output to either the headphones or the speakers will produce different volumes. This also applies when comparing one speaker to another, not just headphones.

 

I seriousely am doubting how much power you can pull out of the onboard sound. You might have a really good pair of headsets and not even know it.
I`ve ran some tests with A4tech headphones, Manta headphones and Logitech headphones,all recommended for their higher and crystal clear volumes. I could not say that they were damaging my ears compared to the stereo speakers onboard, but I do have to say that the speakers were far less audible.
Here`s a lucky customer,he gets loud headsets, I get a broken audio jack