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.
October 25th, 2009 at 7:24 am
have just successfully restored laptop sound by quickly inserting and removing external jack plug several times on my wifes dell studio 1537 laptop.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:40 pm
okay my laptop just wont play music or anything.
i no the speakers one it say so nd the volumes pretty high and i tryed headphones and nothing so u no wats wrong?
October 15th, 2009 at 2:18 am
Thank you so much, I didn’t think that would work, but my sound was restored as soon as I plugged and unplugged my headphones fast.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:09 am
thanks alot !
this is exactly what happend to me. played with the plug and the sound came back.
probably saved me some money!
September 27th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
my speakers cut out after i had plugged in the power cord.
i tried the plug/unplug headphones thing but that didn’t work.
i also tried rebooting but that didnt do anything either. so i closed my laptop and tapped on the end closest to the speakers a couple of times, then reopened. that fixed it.
September 25th, 2009 at 10:53 am
You are a legend dude!!!! I was seriously stressed out thinking my internal speakers were fried, but then I googled the problem & found your site… Will defno be here more often. Thanks a lot from Cape Town, South Africa!
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
This is awesome!
September 20th, 2009 at 6:29 am
thank-you laptop freak , after opening uo my laptop, messing out with settings i happened to find your site, plugging in and out the headphones a few times REALLY WORKS , thanks
August 30th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Thanks I had the same problem but I used external speakers. It works fine now ^_^
August 26th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
thank you soooo much!!! this really does work…i’ve been trying for days now, restoring my system and everything but nothing seemed to work…This was so simple, i thought that i may have broken something initially and typically my laptop is now three months out of warranty!…but this is a simple problem easily fixed.
THANKS, D.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:50 am
THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!! This has happened to me TWICE now.. the first time my mom must have fixed it by accident hahaha. Thank you!!!
I now has music and if it happens again, I know what to do. Thank you!
August 8th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
hey that worked!!!! I pushed around the plug from the head phones and my speakers are now working !!! yay It’s been for ever since i could play music on my laptop! thank you so much!!!!
July 24th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Thanks so so much for this support site.
I’ve almost always used my head phones only for a while now. I unplugged it today to play a video clip for a colleague and found the speakers were dead. I tried jenny’s (136) idea. I went to the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties, clicked on Advanced Speaker settings. There I found the Speaker Setup was somehow set to HEADPHONES? How that happened, I do not know. I simply changed it to Desktop stereo speakers… and viola, my speakers are back in action.
July 17th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
I can not believe it but this worked for me: #
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kevin Says:
May 16th, 2009 at 10:59 am
so this definitely worked, i took a bobby pin/paper clip and just swirled it around the headphone jack and it clicked and my sound went back to the internal speakers. touche.
July 17th, 2009 at 6:32 am
I fixed this issue. I right clicked the silver speaker icon and brought up Advanced Controls. In my menu there was a check box under Other Controls that said 1 Digital Output Only. I unchecked it and now my speakers work again.
July 7th, 2009 at 5:50 am
Ok so i had some trouble with my laptop not charging so we sent it of to get repaired. But since its been back no sound is working from the speaker but when i plug the headphones in the work fine. I’ve tried everything, checked see if it was muted, tried updating it but it says everthings working fine.
can anyone help me?
Email me on Angelbaby_69 AT hotmail.co.uk
Thanks.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Just earlier, I was plugging in my headphones, in and out, just messing with how it sounded, then this happened. So I tried this and it work, thaat was a life saver!
June 24th, 2009 at 12:59 am
hi,
i have SATELLITE L10-194 note book.
i was playing flash games, suddenly sound distoted,
at that time i tink that it may be game problem, but
when i closed the game and played a movie, it was shoking,
the sound i am hearing is only surroundings sound and
main charactor sound is muted, (like karaoke), i also hear the music, amazing… my brain is getting blown, how is it possible?….
steps taken>>> sound drivers reinstalled—- result same
tried morethan two headphones- result same
finally recovered(withoriginal dvd) —- same
hint—– some videos & clips having 16bit or 64bit
audio are playing good sound…
Request— please help me… Thanks in advance.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
My internal speakers don’t work, and the sound from my headphones also don’t work. I’ve tried wiggling the headphones in and around the jack about a million times, but still no sound..what do I do?
May 29th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Headphones stopped working after unplugged from USB port
Hi,
I use a Lenovo that runs on Vista. My USB headphones worked until I unplugged them, because the sound kept cutting off, and when I plugged them back in they did not work. Someone can help?
txs
May 24th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
my internal speakers of my “acer” laptop work but after 1 or 2 minute stops working can anybody help me with this problem thank you
May 21st, 2009 at 5:52 pm
my laptop speakers sound like there is a scratched up cd in or something, it flutters like every 3 seconds and it’s really annoying. what could be wrong?
May 21st, 2009 at 4:22 am
I used my headphones last night on a plane flight and could not hear audio after I removed them. I spent over an hour troubleshooting through the HP website. Then I found this website and did exactly as suggested. My audio now works! Thank you kindly for posting this information!
May 16th, 2009 at 10:59 am
so this definitely worked, i took a bobby pin/paper clip and just swirled it around the headphone jack and it clicked and my sound went back to the internal speakers. touche.
May 16th, 2009 at 1:51 am
Great Sight !! Love it !!
interesting…
Dell Latitude D830 with semi-fresh WinXPSP3 install. Headphones working but no laptop speakers.
Went to Volume Control and under Volume Control, clicked on Advanced. This opened up, you got it, Advanced Controls for Volume Control and, at the bottom, there’s Other Contols with
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|_| 1 PC Spk Mute
I unchecked that and voila! the speakers worked.
I guess that Microsoft can’t afford to fully spell out the word ‘Speaker’…
May 15th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Vincent Alonzo,
Could be software related issue. Try reinstalling the audio driver.
May 14th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
my lap top spekers dont work and nether does my headphone jack
HELP!!!!!!!
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 am
I tried following the Sony Website suggestions and nothing worked until I found your advise. Thank you very much. I follow your instructions and plugged and unplugged the headphone jack several times until the internal speakers worked again.
April 14th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Laptop freak i really need your help.
I have spent all morning trying to get my headphones to work on my laptop im completely frustrated so i thought i might ask an expert. They worked yesterday and now i have no idea whats going on. I have Windows Vista Home Premium on my Compaq i went to the sound settings and i did a test on the headphones and i could hear the testing on my right and my left headphone. but those are the only sounds i hear on them. All other sounds like videos regular computer sounds i only hear through the laptop speakers. I dont understand whats going, i dont know what to do anymore. Is there a way to fix this or should i take it to a computer expert to change my headphone jack. I was thinking about doing that but that doesnt make sense when i can hear sounds eventhough they are only the ones that the computer dose a headphone test on.
Thanks so much for your help
April 13th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Thank you so much!