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Headphones do not work in XP - Speakers are okay


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cyangamer

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Hi, everyone. I'm have a minor but annoying issue with my notebook. Vista was installed first and I recently reinstalled Windows XP in my dual-boot configuration. There are no problems in Vista - headphones are recognized and everything. It's only in XP where sounds continue to play out of the speakers when headphones are plugged in. All the drivers that XP needs are installed.

I have no idea where to begin solving for this problem, and you guys might not either, but I might as well as anyway. :)

What should I do?

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Windows Vista Home Premium/XP Professional SP3
HP Pavillion dv2850 Notebook PC
AMD Turion X2, Laptop
64-bit OS, 4 GB of RAM, 2 GHz
Sound: Conexant High Definition Audio 221

Edited by cyangamer, 19 December 2009 - 12:55 AM.

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right click on the speaker icon in the system tray..adjust audio properties...audio tab...in the sound playback section...click the advanced tab...speakers tab...use the drop down menu to select ...stereo headphones and then OK your way out...
you may have to reboot to get the settings to take effect
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right click on the speaker icon in the system tray..adjust audio properties...audio tab...in the sound playback section...click the advanced tab...speakers tab...use the drop down menu to select ...stereo headphones and then OK your way out...
you may have to reboot to get the settings to take effect

Thanks for replying.

Unfortunately, that didn't work, I changed it to many different settings, but that didn't help. It's like the jack is broken, but it works perfectly fine in Windows Vista (which is on the C drive).

Any idea of what would cause something like that?
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