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    XPS 16 headphone jack concern

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by viperguy212, Jul 28, 2009.

  1. viperguy212

    viperguy212 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So ive had my laptop for a few weeks now and im loving every min of it after my reinstall of the OS and what not, and im pretty sure i got all the drivers, a dell rep also said i was good too

    so yesterday i actually used my headphones with the laptop for the first time, the 1st port (the one closest to me if im using the laptop) works absolutely perfectly, when plugged in the speakers mute and sound plays through the headphones just fine

    its the 2nd jack(farest one) that seems to be the problem, no matter what i plug in, or in what configuration i plug in (using port 1 also), i get no sound out of this port and the speakers just play normally

    so did i like miss a driver maybe? or is it something else

    thanks
     
    viperguy212, Jul 28, 2009
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  2. kman01

    kman01 Notebook Guru

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    right click the sound icon in taskbar and select playback devices. then change the speakers to independent.
     
    kman01, Jul 28, 2009
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