This didn't happen with my previous headphone.ĮDIT 3: I have dual boot with Windows 8.1, but I didn't know that this was relevant to the problem. One more thing I should probably add: Everytime I plug in the headphones, a new pop-up asks me if I have plugged in a headphone, headset or Microphone. In alsamixer, Whenever I mute the headphones(2nd column) while unplugged, even the speaker and master columns are muted automatically. So I know that it is not a hardware problemĮDIT 2: Noticed something new. Thank you in advanceĮDIT: I have dual boot with Windows 8. I have already seen other threads like this, but didn't get any answer that worked. Plug your headphone into another port and see if it solves the problem.

Here’s a two-step fix: Insert your headphone into a different port, as sometimes the issue occurs because you are using a dead USB port. On disconnecting the speakers, they go back to 100. Seeking to resolve Computer not recognizing headphones in Windows 8 or 10 often entails checking for potential hardware issues. After plugging in the headphones, it changes to: Not sure if the above is normal, since I have to change the soundcard first to get the next state:Īgain I am not sure if there should be columns about headphones, since they are not plugged in.

I have tried reinstalling alsamixer, killing pulseaudio, changing volumes in alsamixer. When not plugged in, there was no sound at all. I purchased Dolby Atmos for Headphones and cannot enable it on my Windows 10. When headphones were plugged in, and I selected in-built speakers, the sound still came from the headphones. 1 surround sound is not currently supported while streaming on a computer. I have tried selecting the in-built speakers in pavucontrol both when the headphones were plugged in and were not. For quite a few days now, my laptop sound is not coming from the speakers, and only from headphones. I am using ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS on Dell Inspiron.

Windows 8 headphones not working