Solved sound gone after switching speakers to headphones!

McVitas

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Hello, this is really strange. Whenever I unplug the speakers jack and plug in the headphones, the sound stops! I have to restart the application or run another one and then the sound is back. This is really silly and takes time especially when you need to restart some game. Why does it happen and how can I disable this stupid behavior? Thank you
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Which brand or type headphones ? What sound stops, speakers ? This a Laptop ? Check Sound Properties in control panel when you do this.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme 1502 (GX1502)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 5820K 3.30 GHZ 64 bit 6-Core Processor
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-X99-UD3
    Memory
    G.Skill 16GB Quad Channel DDR4-2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0+ DDR5 4GB
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster ZxR 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PA24Q 24" Pro Art IPS LCD/LED Backlit 1920x1200
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200 16:10
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG 850 EVO 250GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD,
    Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD,
    WD WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 3.5 Internal HDD
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 750W 80 Plus Gold Full Modular
    Case
    AZZA Cosmas Black Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Cool Master Hyper 212 Evo Dual 120mm, ( 2) Noctua PWM 120mm Case Fans (1) Gelid PWM 120mm Blue LED
    Keyboard
    Logitech K800 Illumiated Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball
    Internet Speed
    84mbps /94mbps
    Browser
    Mozilla Firefox 41.0.1 / Microsoft Edge/ IE 11
    Antivirus
    Norton Security 2015
    Other Info
    Pioneer BDR-209DBK 16x Blu-Ray Burner, LG 24x Dual Layer DVD Burner,
    StarTech Front Bay 22-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Multi Media Memory Card Reader,Logitech Z906 5.1 Speaker system
It is a desktop computer core i7 on Gigabyte X58A-UD3R integrated audio and as I said the sound just stops. I can just unplug the headphones or speakers and plug them back but there is still no sound! For example while playing a youtube clip and I unplug and replug the jack, the video keeps playing, but without sound. Sound starts again when I jump to another time in the clip or refresh the page. Unfortunatelly in games I have to restart it. I guess it may be a driver problem of the integrated audio. It says high definition audio device in device manager, so maybe I need to get some official driver, but I am not sure they exists for Win8 and this board...
Why do you think the brand of headphones would be of any use? ;) They are some cheap genius, but as I said it happens both with speakers and headphones.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Why are you unplugging the speakers, to plug in headphones? Don't you have the speakers connected to the rear GREEN speaker jack and have a headphone jack on the front of the case? That is the normal way of doing things. If the proper front panel connection is made to the motherboard (HD Audio Connector) then it should sense the headphones and automatically switch.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
    Case
    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
    Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 120EX
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    Cable - 100MB Downlink
    Browser
    Edge/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft
    Other Info
    Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.
Fireberd, because the cable would get into my mouse and I would have to make its way around a keyboard and such. It is just easier to unplug it from the motherboard and plug another cable. Anyway
I FIXED IT by installing gigabyte audio drivers for Windows 7 even though I have 8... Now when I unplug the cable and plug another one it shows some dialog asking me if it is headphones, front speakers, rear and other choices and it works AFTER I click OK. I find this silly why does the sound stop when I do not have this Realtek audio manager installed and just use the default microsoft drivers so there is no way to click into non existing dialog? Strange...
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
I had a Gigabyte motherboard and used the Win 7 RealTek drivers on Win 8 and they were compatible, too.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
    Case
    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
    Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 120EX
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    Cable - 100MB Downlink
    Browser
    Edge/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft
    Other Info
    Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.
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