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| Thread ID: 134969 | 2013-09-09 23:26:00 | Realtek audio card suddenly stopped working. | tuxdude143 (17146) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1353080 | 2013-09-10 05:26:00 | What motherboard is it? | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1353081 | 2013-09-10 06:06:00 | Check your Realtek Control Manager, if the the speakers are connected as 'Rear speakers' change it to rear 'Line Out', see how it goes. | bk T (215) | ||
| 1353082 | 2013-09-10 06:53:00 | Sometimes you can spend ages looking for a problem -- try a simple fix first -- Run system restore back to yesterday or when the audio was working. Sometimes a hidden setting, update may have changed causing the problem. If that doesn't work, considering its got two OS's there may have been some sort of hardware failure - one way to check is to boot from a linux live CD and see if the audio works, if it does, its a software problem in windows if not its hardware, or something is plugged in the wrong hole. Actually had that yesterday, the local tech said the Motherboard was stuffed. 1st step, check which socket the speakers were plugged into - pink- :rolleyes: Plugged into green and they worked. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1353083 | 2013-09-10 09:20:00 | If headphones/earphones/buds are plugged in a LOT and roughly this can damage the sockets in your computer, can bend the switch (that cuts out other circuits/outputs) that is at the far end of the socket, and either permanently shorts or opens the circuit. Try disconnecting the front audio in/out plug from the mother board, to see if you get anything at the back. I have had exactly this problem with a relative's computer, needed to fit a sound card to fix, also added a Y cable (3 way plug to two 3 way sockets) to avoid damaging sound card socket. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1353084 | 2013-09-10 22:36:00 | Check your Realtek Control Manager, if the the speakers are connected as 'Rear speakers' change it to rear 'Line Out', see how it goes. Tried that already. Same result |
tuxdude143 (17146) | ||
| 1353085 | 2013-09-10 22:40:00 | If headphones/earphones/buds are plugged in a LOT and roughly this can damage the sockets in your computer, can bend the switch (that cuts out other circuits/outputs) that is at the far end of the socket, and either permanently shorts or opens the circuit. Try disconnecting the front audio in/out plug from the mother board, to see if you get anything at the back. I have had exactly this problem with a relative's computer, needed to fit a sound card to fix, also added a Y cable (3 way plug to two 3 way sockets) to avoid damaging sound card socket. I do plug headphones in a lot into my pc and it occoured to me that that might be a problem. Unplugged them and tried the back, same bloody result. Still no audio from the back even when its unplugged. This is getting stupid. Also I should mention that when I plug my headphones into the audio out port on the back or the headphones port I get a buzzing sound. Still you might be on the right track though. My audio manager goes a bit silly when I plug my headphones in. It says that headphones are plugged in, then bizzarely it says that the microphone is plugged in and then that the headphones are plugged in again. |
tuxdude143 (17146) | ||
| 1353086 | 2013-09-10 22:55:00 | Some front audio incorporates a switch to cut off the rear audio when you plug headphones in, the switch can become faulty over time and cause issues. Also simply unplugging it from the motherboard might not work as you may need to install links to connect the audio to the rear as in place of the switch - all assuming the audio device is actually still working. One solution other than buying a sound card is one of these or similar www.pp.co.nz I use one on my media PC as it's onboard audio is pretty rubbish. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1353087 | 2013-09-10 22:57:00 | Some front audio incorporates a switch to cut off the rear audio when you plug headphones in, the switch can become faulty over time and cause issues. Also simply unplugging it from the motherboard might not work as you may need to install links to connect the audio to the rear as in place of the switch - all assuming the audio device is actually still working. One solution other than buying a sound card is one of these or similar www.pp.co.nz I use one on my media PC as it's onboard audio is pretty rubbish. Ah, right. So, I should use circut jumpers to be put in place of the switch? That might work. |
tuxdude143 (17146) | ||
| 1353088 | 2013-09-10 23:00:00 | Still from tests I think it may be the front audio switch thats faulty, not the sound card. Mainly because if the sound card was faulty it would show up in the device manager as a device with a problem and it wouldn't render sound. Currently it renders sound and is showing up in the device manager as working properly. So its probably the switch. So now I need to find a way to use something like a circut jumper to imitate the switch | tuxdude143 (17146) | ||
| 1353089 | 2013-09-11 23:44:00 | Do'h! Tried unplugging the front board from my computer and leaving the plug on the board in to make contact. Still nothing. Thing is this all started when I put in my pci wireless card. It still happened after taking it out as well though. Still, all I get is buzzing. *sigh* looks like i'll be needing a new sound card. | tuxdude143 (17146) | ||
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