Speakers stopped working after I used my headphones
My speakers were working fine one moment but then stopped working after i used in my headphones. I still have sound when I use my headphones but when I unplug it, i can not hear anything from my laptop speakers. I went through the troubleshooting on my laptop but I still can not get sound to come out of my laptop speakers. Please help!
I think you have a problem with the headphones jack in your laptop. There are contacts inside the headphones jack, you can see them if you look inside the jack. When you plug the headphones into the jack, the plug shorts these contacts and the sound switches from the external speakers to the headphones. Apparently, these contacts got stuck in the headphones mode and because of that you cannot hear any sound from the external speakers.
I’m not sure if you can fix this problem yourself, probably you’ll have to take your laptop to the repair shop. Try plugging and unplugging your headphones a few times in a row, do it fast, it might help to release contacts inside the jack.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Hello,
I have a Toshiba A105; yesterday there was sound, and today there’s not. I tried the jack thing, but I haven’t had any luck. There’s no sound period–not system sounds, not from CDs, not from iTunes. Nothing. So sad. If I try to take it apart, what might I be looking for?
Thanks!
June 29th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
thank u very much
i struggled really 4r 4 hrs and this website saved from getting mad
really it worked superb
thanks
June 29th, 2008 at 12:34 am
wow! i have been trying to make my laptop speakers active, after seen your remedies ( plugging / unplugging) worked well.thank u sooo much,hats off to you freakey,
June 25th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I have the same problem as Robert: see above about 16 entries. Playing with iTunes one day, using speakers via amp, and then, ca-blamo: no sound through speakers or headphones. Only on my crappy internal speakers. Boy did I get into a bad mood after that. I can’t live with this terrible sound quality…please help! I’ve tried this wiggling thing that everyone is raving about with no luck. My next option is to go to a laptop technician and I’m flat broke and would love a free alternative. Have you heard of this problem before?? Thanks for your time!
June 24th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
THANNK YOUU SO MUCH!!!!
YOU ARE REALLY A LIFESAVER!!!! =)
The wiggling of the headphones really worked! OHMY~~!!
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June 22nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
amazing, been without sound over a week, used some old headphones from a walkman in laptop headphone socket, sound came back with and without headphones, many many thanks,(i have never used headphones to listen to stuff on my 2 yr old fujitsu laptop till now btw)
June 21st, 2008 at 10:41 pm
WOW!….its been days since my laptop can’t emit sound, and now after tryin out the method above, the laptop instantly produced sounds…
p.s. u gotta try it a few times not 10 times, but maybe 20 – 40 times, in a row, and you gotta be fast…
wow…thnk man..
June 4th, 2008 at 1:21 am
My speakers on my Toshiba Qosmio ain’t working after i downloaded bricopack which is to change the theme to vista.What could be the problem?Btw,when i go to control and sound devices,there was no audio devices.Please help me!!!
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Thnx I inserted the headphone jack in and out twice and the speakers came on,,,,:))))))
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
hi, well i been trying this for 10mins now and no good for me im having the same problem no sound on laptop speakers but plug in head phones and i got a bit sound but not very loud still plz can u help me its driving me crazy thanks
May 18th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Awesome!! Wiggled the jack a bit and good to go! Impressive!
May 9th, 2008 at 2:39 am
[...] Uh, I’m not sure if I can fix this problem myself. I am on the way to go to the repair shop suddenly my husband speaks, “It worked, Baby! It worked!” loudly. I am surprised and ask him what he did. He said that he just pull in and out the jack or wriggle it a bit then my laptop’s speaker started to work again. Oh, thanks God…my lovely laptop is fine again now. Thank you laptop freak! [...]
May 8th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Thanks mate!!! Been surfing the web for agis trying to figure this out. This is something I’ll remember forever and be able to try next time this sort of thing pops up. very good bit of info.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
thank u very much.
plugging and unplugging the headphones really worked the instant i did it.
dell people doesn’t knows anything.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:00 am
You are the freakiest and If I see you out,I will buy you a drink.
April 25th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Thanks, this should be on the first page of google, not the 4th.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Wow you know i didnt think it would work but since im kinda drunk i thought id try it and it worked!! i was amazed!! thank you laptop freak!
April 13th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Thanx a ton laptopfreak ,u r a genius
April 9th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Hi, I just got a Toshiba A215-S5850. Yesterday I was listening to music on Winamp, then somehow the PC froze, and when I rebooted, it said the audio device was not installed. I went to the Toshiba website and downloaded their audio driver, and it worked. But now, every time I open an audio file (whether on Winamp or WMP):
- It plays on the speakers but not on my headphones if I plug them, and;
- If I open the file with my headphones plugged, it plays but when I unplug the headphones it shows an error (An audio device was disconnected or reconfigured on WMP, error code 88780096 on Winamp).
Sorry if this post is really long, but I’ve battled with it all morning. I’m running Vista by the way, which tells me I should downgrade to XP…?
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April 2nd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Thank you! This is very good advice. I has a Dell rep on the phone to resolve the issue for 15 minutes while I came across your site. I told the Dell rep what fixed it and he was unable to understand…
The way to tell if the problem is with these contacts getting “stuck” is to go to Control Panel – Sounds & Audio Devices – Volume tab – under Speaker Settings, click Advanced and if it shows headphones as the device rather than laptop speakers, this method will fix the problem *hopefully*.
Keywords for google bot: Dell M1210 xps sound card SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
April 1st, 2008 at 6:06 am
Hi,
I have a HP Pavilion Entertainment laptop. Last week I had it attached to my stereo whilst playing music with i tunes. It was attached via the headphone jack. Everything was working fine but since then any time I plug in my headphones into either the headphone port or the aux port the internal speakers do not cut off and I get no sound into my headphones??? Any suggestions??
March 30th, 2008 at 12:06 am
OMG I spent 3 hours changing every setting known to man and computer troubleshooting option…finally I got on line…this was the problem…. Mine was the jack beside the headpones…the microphone jack…I put my headphones in the slop moved it around a bit and the speakers started working
March 17th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Thanks man! I just found you on google and followed your advice and it worked!! YAYY!
March 11th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I tried this, and my headphones broke and the metal prong is now stuck in my laptop..what should i do? HELP!?
March 7th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Worked like a charm for me as well.
March 5th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
When I plug headphones into my Acer Aspire 3680-2626, they don’t work right away. Often I would have to leave them plugged in for several hours before I could hear anything. If I reboot my laptop, I have to start the whole process again. It happens this way for every set of headphones i’ve tried.
Any idea why this happens?
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:22 pm
[...] Before you start taking apart your laptop looking for broken wires, make sure to read this post. It’s possible that there is nothing wrong with the speaker wires and the problem is somewhere inside the headphone jack. [...]
February 24th, 2008 at 10:36 am
THANK YOU…..I can’t believe this worked…Just did what you said and the sound came back on..Thanks..
February 17th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Holy cow!! This worked!! Just pull your plug in and out of the jack or wiggle it a bit and my internal laptop speakers started to work again!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. You are truly a lifesaver =]
February 5th, 2008 at 9:57 am
tHaNk yOu!!! I wiggled a tiny screw driver inside the headphone jack and the sound came on. I appreciate it Laptop Freak!!!!!!