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Headphones doesn't work, can't even detect them tried everything

Cvelee

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Jan 18, 2016
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I switched from 32bits Win7 to 64bits yestarday and installed all drivers etc, my sound worked perfectly until this morning. I looked in sound settings and it seems my headphones can't be detected neither in front or back panel. I'm using Realtek by the way.
 
Hi,

Does it work with a different headset or does the headset work onto a different PC?
- Start by uninstalling/reinstall the sound driver.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall the sound driver.
- Reboot your laptop and it should reinstall the driver automatically.
- After the reboot check sound settings again and see if your headphones will be detected.
- Right click on it if it's detected and select Set Defaults then click Apply and OK.
- If these doesn't work please do provide us more details about your laptop like model number and etc.
 
It's still no working. I think i opened my ticket in wrong place i'm not on laptop, i'm using GIGABYTE 880GM-D2H motherboard with intergrated sound card.