Audio Only Reaches Monitor, Never Headphones

DomNgw

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Just bought a new pair of headphones that go into the rear green and pink ports. The headphones work on every device in the house and when I use VGA they work as well. I only use VGA for onboard graphics and using it would defeat the purpose of having a GPU so now I use HDMI from my GPU to my monitor.
I have tried setting defaults in the sound options as well as reinstalling sound drivers and Windows 10. When I use the test I can hear it from the monitor but never the headphones. Would a different version of Windows sort this? What should I do? Get a sound card?

CPU: Intel i5 4570
GPU: Strix GTX 1050 Ti OC
Mobo: Asus H81-E33
RAM: Ballistix Sport 8GB x1
 
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Based on your description, it sounds like the NVIDIA Audio Output Device is...

DomNgw

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I did use the realtek audio driver for the board. I did try the front panel but it was the same result, Windows detected it and said it was playing but no audio. I have no idea why the board outputs to the TV and not the headpohnes
 

DomNgw

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Can't really take a photo but it's my headphones which is a single wire split into audio and mic, audio in green and mic in pink, ethernet cable 2 USB's and HDMI. Splitter definitely works since I've tested it. Also Realtek doesn't see the monitor connected by HDMI as an output device
 

gamerk316

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Based on your description, it sounds like the NVIDIA Audio Output Device is the default sound output device in the Sounds->Playback menu. If you want to output audio from the Realtek internal soundcard, you need to change this to "Speakers", which typically outputs to whatever device is plugged into the rear output ports built into your motherboard.
 
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