#Dell laptop headphone jack not working how to#
#Dell laptop headphone jack not working driver#

For over a year now, my headphone jack has not worked. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a Microsoft Agent or Microsoft Employee and that the phone number is an official Microsoft global customer service number.

#Dell laptop headphone jack not working how to#

Learn how to collaborate with Office Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Headset will not be recognized Latitude Keep in touch and stay productive with Teams and Officeeven when you're working remotely. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. If you just have a generic headset, you should see an option for that somewhere in the lower 2 rows. That's not a cumulative list where you have to pick one item from each row. If you're not using any Dell Speakers, select one of the categories underneath that one and then select the appropriate item. Those last 3 rows are completely separate from each other. I used the term 'generally speaking' because there are exceptions when a device can actively identify itself as a device, often via a device driver, but most things plugged into the headset jack are detected, not identified, by a change in impedance. From the computer's point of view the headset jack socket is just an appendage of the Realtek device, and the headset is just an appendage of the jack. Generally speaking, for an audio device to show up in Device Manager it should have a DAC digital-to-analog converter or an ADC analog-to-digital converter. That's the one you should use as Saltgrass said. I would think that 'sprech' speak refers to the mic part of the headset. Also the headset is not recognized in the windows device manager. I can't read the language but the headset should be just below the Blue Dell option.

#Dell laptop headphone jack not working driver#

That's an important step because that's how you tell the driver how to configure the audio jack properly for the type of device you plugged in. Can you include a screenshot of the pop-up you're seeing? You should have an option for just a regular Headset, but even if you have a non-Dell headset, you should still be able to use the 'Dell Headset' profile. I have updated the bios and audio drivers, but no effect. There appears a Dell Assistant where you have to select some Del devices, but I have no Dell headset? I have phone 2 houers with the Dell Support hotline but no change.