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.
April 7th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
My laptop’s speakers stopped working so I went ont he internet and searnched on how to fix them. Someone told me to fix the audio- something. I right clicked the speaker icon and saw “sounds”. When I clicked on it and turned off the audio decvices for playback, it disappeared. When I tried to get it back, I found out I didn’t know how. Any chance you know what happened and how I can fix my speakers?
April 7th, 2009 at 12:58 am
Hi, I seem to get this problem too on my Dell studio 15 laptop running Vista. Wiggling the headphone jack does nothing – I’ve found that if I play around with the jacks in the IDT audio settings, I can get the sound back through the speakers. The problem seems to occur if I use the left hand of the two headphone jacks on the laptop. Anyway, worth trying this before you take anything apart.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Frustrating. So many well meaning but thoughtless replys crying “thank you” but without referencing which replyb has helped tham and for which problem. Thay all seem to think that they are the only once posting here…
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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March 28th, 2009 at 9:27 am
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i plugged the headphones and unplugged it fast .. and everything went fine .. thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
March 20th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Hey – Now I have the same problem; but the sound would come back on the speaker sooner or later.
Here’s what I figure: I’m using my iPod earphones and maybe I shouldn’t. They work – but I’ve been told that its inlet/port (or whatever you call that piece that you stick in to the device) is longer than regular earphones. I figure this could be a possibility of the problem, if using iPod earphones. It could ruin the contacts.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I had the same problem last night, my HP Compaq Presario V6700 Laptop has problems with its audio. No sound at all for the built-in speakers and headphones, it also happened after I jacked the audio in the tv, after I unplugged the stereo jack from the laptop, there was no sound at all. I can’t sleep with this kind of problem, I’m broke right now and obviously I can’t afford to go to the technician. I’d like to know how does that wiggling technique works? how fast do I have to do it and how many times did you do it before it worked for you guys..tnx.
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
hey i tried the plug in and out thing on the laptop jack and it didnt work. i did the test thing and i can hear it but when im on youtube or windows media player or something i cant hear the sound. can you help?
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Hi
A few days ago I plugged my Acer aspire to the TV audio jack to my headphones jack on the computer and since then i cant hear any sound form my laptop speakers what should i do?
February 28th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Awsome dude,Its super cool….
It worked…
You cracked it man….
Thanks a lot
February 24th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU…i was getting SO frustrated–speakers worked one day then nothing–the earphone trick of plugging in and out fast worked on the fifth try..i was jumping up and down and so thankful for not spending a fortune to correct this….appreciate the assistance–checked 6 other post and yours was the only working advice!!!!
February 21st, 2009 at 12:18 pm
You are a genius laptop freak – I cannot tell you how happy I am. I completely agree with all the other happy comments – I am myself so happy that I found your post online after struggling so much myself – AGAIN YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!
February 20th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Great job! It worked for me too..had the same problem… Thanx!! =)
February 14th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
omg thank you so much!
February 11th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Thanks a lot man. good information
February 4th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
OK, thanks for the help!
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Heh,
That’s right. Also, I would remove the battery, just in case.
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Kasm279,
I really cannot help you a lot without testing the laptop myself. If it’s not working in Windows or Linix, it must be a hardware related problem. Maybe the sound chip is fried?
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:23 pm
One thing, is that, if you’re gonna use random metal or electric conducting tools, do not use it when the PC is powered or it may end up damaged/short cutting it.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:53 pm
laptop freak, will you please help me? its been 3 days!
January 31st, 2009 at 6:26 pm
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAa this pull out n in jack thing really works LOL… i was crushed thought this vaio was dun for.. yeaaa…. it works
January 30th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
the headphones don’t work under ubuntu (Linux) either,so not a driver problem
January 29th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
erm………… I dont have any recover disks. i installed xp i bought for my desktop and never used and downloaded all the drivers from hp’s website
January 29th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Kasm279,
Try reinstalling the operating system, drivers and applications from the recovery disc. Boot the laptop from the recovery disc and reinstall everything back to factory defaults. The recovery process will erase everything on the hard drive so do not forget to back up all personal files before you start.
That could be just a software related problem.
January 28th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
is there a way to shut off the headphone jack on a laptop ?
January 26th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I recently received an hp ze5620 laptop that had a hard drive failure, but the hdd was replaced. i have installed all drivers , but the irda doesn’t work (opened it and it doesn’t appear to have the transceiver on the board!) also, the headphone and microphone plugs dont work, but every thing else on the pcb works i get a buzzing from the headphone plug and it shuts off the internal speakers. Any ideas?
January 26th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
thank you , can’t believe i spent weeks trying to figure it out.. thanks
January 20th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
HATS OF TO U BOSS…I HAD A SIMILLAR PROBLEM SINCE A MONTH EVEN TRIED WITH HP HELP SUPPORT BUT COUDN’T SORT IT OUT AND JUST THEY ASKED ME TO SEND IT TOT THEIR SERVICE CENTRE. AT LAST I TRIED WIGGLED THE PLUG IN THE JACK. NOW INTERNAL SPEAKERS WORKS GREAT………THANKS
January 18th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
help i tried everthing on my acer \aspire 6920 and nothing worked the headphone jack works for head phones but when i take them out the internal speakers dont work. first i pluged my lap top into my amp and then when i took ot out the internal speakers didnt work
January 16th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
oh my god !!! im the happiest man alive
Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. !!!!!!!