Audio Woes

Summary:

Internal Speakers not working.. or are they?

Audio Woes

Calculon68 02 Jul 2008 19:42

I RMAd my B1 last week, (wouldn't power on) They replaced the MB, I got it back a week later and all was good with the world.

Today, my audio speakers stopped working. However:

The Headphone jack still works. I can listen via headphones or external speakers.
The POST sound effect *does* play through the laptop speakers on start up.
All "Sound" control panel and mixer settings are good. Green checkmarks on Speakers. But it doesn't seem to detect new plug-ins on the headphone port; it does detect plug-ins to the Mic and Input ports.

Since the POST sound effect works, I suspect it's an OS problem- and I've already tried to reinstall the Realtek drivers- no dice.

Any suggestions?

Asus G1S-B1, Core 2 Duo T7700, 4GB RAM, 8600M GT, Vista Ultimate x64 SP1.

Re: Audio Woes

mouly 06 Aug 2008 14:01

I have the same problem. Unfortunately I haven't found a solution. The speakers works fine in Linux also.

Re: Audio Woes

Pedro-G 24 Oct 2008 06:10

Hi, I have the same problem but the following ALWAYS works:

Turn down the volume to zero and then turn it back up. Simple as that.

You can use either the Fn+F -keys or the volume bar, both should work. Muting doesn't do the trick, though.

Re: Audio Woes

srk999 13 Dec 2008 21:27

doesn't work for me :'(

Re: Audio Woes

Nantallen 05 May 2009 12:53

I too have the same issue.

In both Windows XP and Vista, the Realtek Control Panel shows a headset plugged in even though there isn't.
Newer versions of the Realtek High Def driver in Linux, both Alsa and OSS, show the same.

I loaded an older version of linux and the speakers work fine.

Given the above, it appears that the Realtek chipset that detects insertion of a headset has shorted in the plugged-in position. Drivers that have no plug detection work correctly as the internal mechanics of the port still function correctly. The only thing to do is replace the mobo, but an RMA is not doable for me at this point. I hope that Realtek, in a future driver, returns the option to turn off autodetection. This would solve the problem from what I can tell.

Re: Audio Woes

ronenhr 30 Jun 2010 06:53

I have the same problem but on windows 7
the trick doesn't work for me
what can i do?