What the title said. Running Windows 11, but from other threads it appears to be an issue on other OSs. Is there a way to make this function like literally any other laptop on the market?
Which mainboard? My FW13 AMD detects this just fine. And I’m running Linux.
Have you verified you have the proper drivers installed? Another user on reddit had this issue and the cable between the mainboard and the audio jack subboard was only partially connected.
Edit: Detection is done on the audio board where the 3.5mm jack is located. Does it play properly once you manually select it?
The laptop is a FW13 AMD.
I have performed main board reset
The headphones in question are the beyerdynamic DT770 pro
When unplugging the headphones I have to set it back to speakers manually.
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On FW13 that should easily work.
Ancient hardware did this kind of switching in hardware. But the modern solution is doing it in software. Each possible output is a different output to the OS that work independently. But they should only appear when sth, is actually pugged into the 3.5mm jack for example. And the OS will by default switch to the new output, when it appears as a new device. And will revert back to the previous output device, if the current device disappears. This logic applies to everything, also BT headsets.
So one way to debug would be to check whether the output device always exists in the control panels. Or if it just does not disappear after unplugging the headphones again etc.
Missing plugged-in detection is often caused by not having the right drivers installed. Modern Windows has enough drivers to get audio out of almost any output immediately. But often lacks more advanced features such as understanding the outputs, how they are supposed to work together and when sth. is connected. Or could be a mechanical/electric issue with the detection hardware.
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Thanks for the message. Telling me how things are supposed to work in theory doesn’t really help me much. I need an actual solution to this issue. I’ve installed FW13 driver bundles, reinstalled the BIOS, resetted the mainboard. Nothing has provided a solution to this.
It does appear to be a software issue.
I have checked audio devices and the headphones audio device does not disappear. When plugged in, it simply shows as “ready”.
No sound output device switching happens without a manual input from me.
Did you check the connection between the mainboard and the audio jack board? Other than that I am guessing your audio board jack detection is defective.
If it does not switch at least to disconnected or disappear in its entirety (does for me), then it might as well be a hardware issue.
I’d unplug the audio daughter board from the mainboard entirely. If that makes it disappear, then the 3.5mm connector or the audio board has a defect, permanently signaling presence of a connection.
It does switch to disconnected in the audio devices tab but the audio output for the system doesn’t transfer over to the headphones automatically. What would be controlling this at a software level? A driver?
Maybe try disabling all devices except laptop speaker and headphones and see if it works then?
I reinstalled drivers AGAIN and it seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks everyone for their help.
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