Windows 10: sound output from onboard sound does not recognize speakers are plugged in.

Hello,


I have tried everything imaginable. Meter shows sound but, no sound. It states speakers are not plugged in but, they are. I have tried various speakers as well. Please help. I use windows 10. Nforce 680i sli evga.

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No sound

I have carried out the steps listed in the above and have had limited success.

The external speakers are connected to a Creative Labs Soundblaster X-Fi sound card (circa 2008).

I have uninstalled / reinstalled the drivers for this card, and though the card registers the sound output through various tools and applications, the sound fails to come out on the speakers themselves. When i use the onboard sound output for the speakers
i do get sound, albeit obviously worse quality.

is there a compatability issue with this creative labs sound card?

 

Sound Quality


One thing that sticks out from looking at your "My Computer" specs. You list "ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)" which suggests you do not have the correct sound hardware driver. Your motherboard has Realtek sound and the first step is to install the Realtek sound drivers. My ASUS also came with Sonic Studio 2 which is a sound enhancement package. Check the ASUS install disc to see if you have something similar.

May not be a speaker problem.

 

Media PC lost all sound suddenly


Hope someone can help with this: have a media PC outputting to a TV through HDMI, both sound and picture. Worked fine up until yesterday, was ok in afternoon, turned on in evening and no sound, picture is fine still. Don't know if anything was updated when it turned on as it wasn't me that booted it up.

In the Playback tab of the Sound panel I have the TV listed, going through AMD High Definition Audio, which is the built in graphics chip. There is no activity in the output bar shown there on the right when things are playing. If I try and do any Test of sounds it instantly says Failed to Play Test Tone. Same happens if I try a Test on the Realtek Digital Output which is the onboard sound, but then nothing is plugged in to that so I don't know if that's as it should be.

Device manager says everything working ok. Any suggestions?

EDIT: if I try the Windows troubleshooter it says "Plug in the Speaker, Headset or Headphone. The Device does not appear to be plugged in."