case - Front Pannel Audio Cracking and malfunctioning in general
2014-07
matora
I just finished my first desktop build and I am experiencing some problems with the front audio jack that I can't seem to be able toresolve.
The audio seems to be there, but it sounds distorted with some cracking in it. Normally people's voices sound from afar. I tested the audio using the Realtek HD Audio Manager selected different option without good results.
I could hear the sound test fine no cracking, though it doesn't seem to recognize stereo there, instead it plays sound mono. Windows sounds seem to work just fine.
Back audio plug plays just fine. Stereo no problem.
I went to the Mobo's website to update the audio driver, I didn't really help.
I connected the Azalia (Intel High Definition Audio) to the Front Panel Audio Header Any suggestions? Would I have to RMA it?
Case: Cooler Master Storm Sniper
Motherboard: AsRock Z77 Extreme4
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64x
BIOS Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Juanillo
Recently I changed my operative system from Windows XP to Windows 7 64 bits. After that I cannot get my earphones working when I plugged them in the jack of the front panel. I have a
My motherboard is:
Model GA-M55PLUS-S3G
North Bridge NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Revision A2
South Bridge NVIDIA nForce 410/430 MCP Revision A2
so I've updated its drivers int this page. After that when I plug the speakers in the back panel I can see that the jack is detected and the realtek HP program ask me which type of device has been plugged. But when I plug a headphones in the front one nothing is detected (even when the speakers are plugged or not in the back one). I haven't changed nothing in the hardware so it must be a problem of the configuration. When I used XP both work (though if I connected something in the back panel no sound appear in the front one)
Any idea?
Thanks.
UPDATE
I've got it working but with a very weird configuration:
In the RealTek configuration I go to Device advance settings and I select "Silence the device in the back output when the headphones are plugged in the front panel" and in the configuration of the conector (just below Device advance settings) I mark "Disable the detection of the jack in the front panel" and with this configuration I can hear both the speakers in the back jack and the headphones in the front one. It's completely weird!!
Randolf Richardson
Do double-check that it is connected properly inside the machine. Even though you didn't change any hardware, there is that small possibility that something did get disconnected (perhaps the wire was just on the verge of disconnecting from the motherboard?).
Once that's ruled out, then look at the software -- you might save yourself a lot of hassle running around in circles trying to get software working for hardware that's simply not hooked up.