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My Headphone Jack no longer works after upgrading to Windows 11. It works if I have it plugged in and reboot, but as soon as I unplug it stops until a reboot....it does not automatically detect it
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WOW!
Not, Dell Support nor Microsoft Support could figure out the solution. I am surprised at how simple the fix was after endlessly trying every other method prescribed by Dell. Only took me 4 hours of trying to finally find your blessing of a comment...
Thank You on behalf of the 100s of other people with the same issue!
Hello
I've had the issue since 2022 possibly, quite some time anyway. Here's what worked for me today.
It's possible that someone came with this already, the darn thread is too long...
Right-click the computer icon in explorer. Select other options, the Manage computer.
Computer Management (local) / Peripherals / System tools / Audio, video and game controllers. Makes sense.
The last Realtek Soundwire HW Audio Codec Device Driver in the list (#4) is down unlike the previous ones.
The status in Properties indicates a power failure of sorts.
I disable then reenable the device driver: lo and behold, the jack output works again.
Additionally, the headphones output is back in audio output settings.
Windows 11 Home System 10.0.22631 Build 22631 Model XPS 17 9710
Driver version is 10.0.235.1
Hope this helps.
Jeff
My Headphone Jack no longer works after upgrading to Windows 11. It works if I have it plugged in and reboot, but as soon as I unplug it stops until a reboot....it does not automatically detect it
its not working clear this my problem
I MIGHT HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION EVEYRONE!!
I've been having this issue for months, literally NOTHING I did would fix it. I think its a windows 11 update that doesn't detect the 3.5 mm port when there's headphones plugged in. What I did was go to the Sound settings on the control panel, double click on it and then in the General tab click on the Realtek Audio properties button. Click on 'Change Settings', go to Driver, and click on 'Roll Back Driver'. I'm assuming this roles the driver back to the previous one in Windows 10 or the last Windows update before the faulty one we have now. I'm not sure what restarting the computer will look like, if it'll restore it back to the newer one or not, but it seems to be working and I have sound coming out of my headphones!
I hope this helps
