Windows 10: Devices plugged into audio input fail to work

Hi!


I'm having some problems with the audio on Windows 10. The speakers work fine and appear as playback in the sound menu. However, everytime I plug in any external device in the audio input, the devices don't play any sound, instead the speakers just keep on playing. These devices also don't appear in the audio playback menu (not even as hidden devices).


The problem cannot be the hardware: I have a dual boot computer with Ubuntu and both the plugged in devices and computer speakers work normally in that enviorment. So the devices and audio input are both not broken.


To fix this I tried to reinstall the audio drivers. So I went to Device Manager to sound, video and game controllers. I deleted Realtek(R) Audio. Afterwards it asks me to reboot my computer. The strange thing is: if I reboot my computer with my headphones plugged in, only the headphones work afterwards (or any other device plugged into the audio input) but the speakers are silenced. But if my headphones are not plugged in during reboot, only the speakers of the computer work, but no devices pluggd into the audio input.

Hope some of you guys can help me out with this!

:)

 

Rear audio ports always show as “Not plugged in”


I've been having this issue with Windows for about a week now which NONE of the back panel/front panel connectors (speakers, microphone) are being recognized by Realtek audio manager. The only audio input/outputs that are showing are the optical.
Troubling shooting steps I've tried (none worked):

• COMPLETELY uninstall all Realtek drivers/reinstall
  
• Tried using windows drivers
  
• Reinstall Windows 10
  
• Upgraded chipset driver
  
• sfc /scannow

I called EVGA and asked for RMA but then I booted into a Ubuntu OS and all the ports work FINE. It must be a problem with windows 10.
Can you think of any other troubling shooting step I can try to fix this annoying issue? Thanks!
Screenshot of playback devices:



Screenshot of Realtek HD Audio Manager:



After looking in Device Manager under Audio inputs and outputs, I don't see any speaker/microphone listings, only the optical crap:

 

WASAPI can't see audio input of generic USB audio device


I have a very old Roland audio interface (UA1-EX) which I have to use in its generic USB audio mode because it is no longer supported by Roland. I have been able to get it working using ASIO4ALL and record from its audio input, albeit very poorly. So I decided to try using it with WASAPI. However in my DAW's audio device controls, the mic input of the interface is not listed, even though its ouput is. Why would the input of a generic USB audio device not be available in WASAPI?

 

Sennheiser GSP 350. Microphone stops working when I open any game

Wow, ok. I think I've fixed it by accident while fiddling around.

It appears to be the Realtek audio being the issue here. I don't use my onboard sound card as my headset is a USB headset only and my speakers are plugged into an ASUS sound card.

Step by step fix:

• I went into recording devices
• I enabled STEREO MIX (Realtek High Definition Audio)
• Then I set that Stereo Mix as the DEFAULT DEVICE (At this point it took over both input and output devices without my permission )
• Then set my Sennheiser headset as default recording and playback devices in their respective windows even though they both still said they were the default devices when they weren't

Headset microphone is currently functioning while in game now. I'll update the thread if it goes again. Should I completely disable Realtek audio??? Or will windows just force it to work again?