Vista says speakers not plugged in?

J4MM3R5

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Right, this is a long story that starts yesterday. I plugged my guitar into the line in jack in the back of my computer. Suddenly the audio just crackled and died completely (I know my headphones are fine because I tested them on my iPod). I opened up the Realtek HD Audio manager and it then stopped responding so I closed it. Upon restart I got the "No audio output device is installed" error so I went through what seemed like every realtek driver that has ever existed in order to try and get this to work. I now have it so that under my playback devices it says Speakers not plugged in and the only other device there is "Realtek High Definition Audio" but turning it up still results in no sound. The setup I have is a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable plugged into the Green output in the back but it isn't connected to anything as it won't reach my monitor. In the front I have a USB powered turtle beach x11 going into the green in the front. I don't know if its possible to blow an audio jack and if it is I may have done that with my guitar. Please help its driving me mad!
 

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    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
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    NVIDIA nForce 610i
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    3GB DDR2
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    NVIDIA GeForce GT430
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    Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit
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    Hitachi 32in TV
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Also there is a high pitched whining noise coming from the headphones when I turn them up. Also, Bump.
 

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    Packard Bell iMedia X2415
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA nForce 610i
    Memory
    3GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT430
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit
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    Hitachi 32in TV
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    1920X1280
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Ok, so I switched the output to a HDMI output from my PC to my TV and I get sound through that out of the TV speakers and the device in my playback devices is 2-NVIDIA High Definition Audio, but I still cant get my headphones to work when I plug them in. It's driving me mad!!
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Packard Bell iMedia X2415
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA nForce 610i
    Memory
    3GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT430
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 32in TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1280
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    500GB
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Hi,

You can only have one device as default at any one time & therefore you need to swap the output to get it to work.

Speaker = 2-NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Headphones = ??
 

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    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
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    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
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    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
I don't understand what you mean, the NVIDIA HD audio wouldn't normally be there (although it does show up 4 times in device manager), when I use my normal setup with a VGA output to my monitor the only devices are Speakers (Not plugged in) and Realtek HD Audio.
 

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    Packard Bell iMedia X2415
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    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
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    NVIDIA nForce 610i
    Memory
    3GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT430
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 32in TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1280
    Hard Drives
    500GB
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    350W
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    Trust gtx14
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Hi,

Please post the various pictures of you sound configuration as per my example.
 

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    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
My playback devices and realtek home screen, the Proview TV-3 actually isn't plugged in anymore so ignore that.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Packard Bell iMedia X2415
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA nForce 610i
    Memory
    3GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT430
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 32in TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1280
    Hard Drives
    500GB
    PSU
    350W
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    Trust gtx14
    Internet Speed
    16mb
OK,

I am not sure but you say you have an Nvidia device & Realtec drivers

What is the make & model of you PC. Are you fully updated too?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
Alright don't worry about it man, I robbed the sound card from my old computer, I appreciate the help though thanks!
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Packard Bell iMedia X2415
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA nForce 610i
    Memory
    3GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT430
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 32in TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1280
    Hard Drives
    500GB
    PSU
    350W
    Mouse
    Trust gtx14
    Internet Speed
    16mb
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