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    Sound Problem - Windows Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Zydan, Dec 12, 2008.

  1. Zydan

    Zydan Notebook Evangelist

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    Well my sound stopped working.
    If I plug in earphones I can hear sound, but if I unplug them no sound plays on the laptop speakers.
    Tried rebooting, and the shutdown and start up sound works, but nothing in windows.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks!
     
    Zydan, Dec 12, 2008
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  2. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    There is a chance--a chance, it is a hardware problem and the jack is damaged. When you plug in a headphone, the jack is supposed to shut off the speakers, and sometimes this function is damaged.

    However, there is also a chance that you have a driver issue. Download the latest driver, if not from Asus, then the sound chip maker...

    Install reboot

    My niece had a dell 1525 and the sound disappeared after a windows update, but the updated driver restored the sound. I can only assume the update and old driver were not compatible
     
    gerryf19, Dec 12, 2008
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  3. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Try go into sounds and audio panel, re-activate the sound scheme first, reboot and see

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Dec 13, 2008
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  4. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    This sounds like a driver issue. With the stock vista drivers, auto switching between headphones/ speakers is not possible. You have to close the music player and then reopen.
     
    coolguy, Dec 13, 2008
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