Windows 10: Issue with Laptop Speaker - Audio Only Works with Headphones

The speakers on my laptop have stopped functioning, and I can only hear audio when using headphones.I have already attempted to troubleshoot this problem by updating and reinstalling the audio driver, but unfortunately, the issue persists. Despite my efforts, the laptop speakers remain unresponsive.

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Audio sound not working on speakers/or headphones. No sound


Yesterday my audio worked fine on both my speakers on my laptop (Dell Inspiron/N5110) and headphones. Then all of a sudden they stopped working. I have made sure that all the volumes are not muted. I did a troubleshoot on playing audio and it said low audio device volume detected, but when I increase the volume, nothing happens. Any one have any suggestions?

 

Audio: Headphones/Speaker only work when computer reset a certain way

Hi. I have a laptop with Windows 10. My audio driver is the Realtek High Def Audio(SST). I'm uncertain when the problem started but it's been going on for awhile. My laptop speaker won't work if the computer is restarted with headphones plugged in. Only the headphones will have any audio. And vice versa, if the laptop is restarted with nothing plugged in, only the speakers work. Even after plugging the headphones in. I've gone through the audio troubleshooting steps provided by Windows. I've also made sure all of my drivers are updated. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the Realtek driver as well. No luck. I've also disabled different audio options and reenabled them in order to see if it'd help. Still nothing. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.Audio Info.docx

 

Move audio to one side for speakers but not headphones

Hello J1mmyth3F1sh,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

• Is your headphones getting detected in the Playback settings?
  
• Are you trying to play the audio on both Speakers and Headphones at the same time?
  

Ideally, if you have configured Sound settings to play on your left speakers, the same goes with the headphones. The sound starts playing only on the left side of your headphones according to the settings changed.

Meanwhile, we can try configuring the headphones and change the balance level in the sound settings and see if it works. Kindly check with the steps listed below and see if it helps.

Method : Run audio test for your headphones.

• Open Control Panel from the Start menu and click on
  Sound.
  
• In the Sound window, click on your
  Headphones and select Configure option at the bottom left.
  
• By running the test, check if both sides of your headphones are working fine.
  

If that doesn’t help, I would suggest you to check with the audio balance by following the steps listed below:

• Open Sound settings from
  Control Panel, and right click on the Headphones to open its
  Properties.
  
• Click on Levels tab and select
  Balance button. In the Balance window, you can use the slider to balance both left and right headphones equally.
  

However, I commend and appreciate you for recognizing this behavior. This is a valuable suggestion as there may be other users with a similar requirement. Hence, I suggest you to leave a
Feedback for this product so
that our developer team can look into this and check if it can be implemented in the future updates.

Regards,

Mala S

Microsoft Community - Moderator