Vista - No sound via headphones

Sorry if this has been asked before but I've searched back and didn't see anything similar.

I've recently lost all sound via headphones. When I go to play something with my headphones plugged in it just comes out of the speakers. I have tried two different pairs of headphones and both had the same problem. When I ran the "test" under sound devices it played the test in my headphones so I thought maybe it was just the program I was trying to listen to music under (iTunes) but I tried a few other programs and even websites but all the sound came out of my speakers and not the headphones plugged in.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi,

I've got the same problem today and resolved it immediately!

Here's simple procedure.

Download the latest "Realtek AC '97" HD audio driver from ORIGINAL site: Realtek

Driver looks like this:

Vista, Windows7 Driver (32/64 bits) Driver only (ZIP file) R2.32 --- 2009/9/3 --- 35842k


Unzip files, find "Setup" icon, click on it and follow the installation procedure.

Hope it will help you too.

Good luck!

i hate to be the one to deliver bad news MuZiKmaN, but not everyone has a realtek AC'97 audio device, some people may, but some people may own a creative or even a generic sound card, the solution may be so much simpler than downloading and installing drivers all the time.