Windows 10: How to find Jack Information for Sound Devices in Windows 11

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Jack (Port) Information gives details about the physical audio connector associated with a sound device. This helps you identify the correct port for your audio device or check connection status while troubleshooting sound issues. In this guide, we will show you how to find Jack Information for Sound Devices in Windows 11. Jack Information can […]

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Just recieved my windows 10 tower, and the rear jacks do not work. NO SOUND FROM THEM BUT can get sound from the front jacks

Hi,

It could be an issue with the rear jacks or the sound settings of your device. We would like to ask for additional information. Please provide the following:

• Which build of Windows 10 are you using? To know about it, hit
  Start, type Winver and then press
  Enter. You could also press Windows Key + R, type
  Winver into the
  Run dialog and press Enter.
• What happens when you plug the audio in pink based on its settings instead of plugging it in the green?
• Can you tell us what troubleshooting steps you have done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest that you try to update the audio driver installed on your computer. Here are the steps:

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  • 
    Select the Start button, type Device Manager, and select it from the list of results.
    
  • 
    Expand one of the categories to find the name of your device, then right-click (or tap and hold) it, and select Update Driver. For graphics cards, expand the Display adapters category, right click
    your graphics card and select Update Driver.
    
  • 
    Select Search automatically for updated driver software.
    
  • 
    If Windows doesn't find a new driver, you can try looking for one on the device manufacturer's website and follow their instructions.
    
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  If these steps don't work, try reinstalling the driver: Open Device Manager, right-click (or tap and hold) the name of the device, and select Uninstall. Restart your computer and Windows will attempt
  to reinstall the driver.
  

Looking forward to the requested information and the results of the recommended troubleshooting steps.

 

Playback through headphones in jack on Windows 10 not working

Currently, on my Windows 10 PC I have the following strange behavior: my speakers and my USB headphones both will play sound fine, but my headphones in the headphone jack do not play sound. Additionally, my headphones are not listed under playback devices when they are plugged in.

What I have tried so far:

1. Restarting Computer
   
2. Double-checking volume mixer to make sure I did not accidentally mute my computer
   
3. Right-clicking sound icon and following all steps in “Troubleshoot Sound Problems” and restarting
   
4. Troubleshoot Settings → additional troubleshooters → playing audio and following all the steps
   
5. Going to Device Manager → Sound, video and game controllers and uninstalling either Realtek Audio Device or High Definition Audio Device and restarting
   
6. Going to Device Manager → Sound, video and game controllers and selecting “update driver” on High Definition Audio Device
   
7. Updating OS
   
8. Downloading drivers from the manufacturer of my computer and restarting
   
9. Going to Realtek Audio Console → Device Advanced Settings → toggling “Disable front panel jack detection” on and off and testing
   

Edit: The headphones work when plugged in to another Windows 10 PC and plugging in different headphones to my headphone jack did not seem to fix the issue.

Edit 2: When I put my headphones in the jack, sound stops coming through the speakers. When I installed a different driver (the one installed by the sound troubleshooter, not the one from the computer manufacturer), my headphones appeared in the list of devices, but no sound comes out.

Does anyone have any suggestions of anything else I could try? Any help or tips are very much appreciated.

 

Sound problem with jack connected headphones

My laptop is a Dell 16 7610 with Windows 11, 23H2. During the last few weeks, I have the following problem with the sound of my laptop. The sound works all right with the internal speakers and/or Bluetooth connected speakers.

However, when I try to connect external speakers or headphones via the laptop’s jack, they are not connected. The sound continues coming out from the device’s internal speakers. I tried 3 different external speakers without difference.

When, through the Device Manager, I uninstall the Realtek audio device and restart with the headphones connected on the jack, they are working , but when I withdraw them and reconnect they stop working. If during the restart the jack is not connected but I connect the headphones after the restart, they don’t work at all.

Can somebody suggest what to do?