Sound coming from speakers AND headphones at same time?

[zakhiel]

Ugh I can't figure this out... Here's what I've tried:

a) Finding new drivers (got latest already)
b) Scouring Google, typing things like "sound", "coming from both speakers", etc.
c) Searching the HP website for my individual model, FAQs, whatever
d) Fooling around under Sound in Control Panel
e) Checking Windows Update
f) New BIOS update (already have latest)

This is a laptop, an HP Pavilion n5445 with onboard sound. I got it in fall 2001 so it's pretty old. This is an annoying problem because it negates the point of using headphones. >_> Has anyone any ideas/suggestions...?

[Shuemue]

Unplug the speakers and plug in the headphones?

[dietvanillapepsi]

That makes too much sense to work.

[zakhiel]

>_> The speakers are built-in to the laptop. Not external. It's coming from both the internal speakers and my headphones.

[Devek]

Have you tried a barrel roll?

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[Shuemue]

Control panel > Sound and Audio Devices > Volume tab > Speakers > Advanced > Set to laptop stereo?

[Scythiroth]

Have you tried a barrel roll?

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[zakhiel]

Control panel > Sound and Audio Devices > Volume tab > Speakers > Advanced > Set to laptop stereo?

I've already tried every option under there, none of the options have any effect on the sound at all.

[Exoduso]

Have you tried a barrel roll?

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[dietvanillapepsi]

What happens when you turn down the laptop speakers (or mute them)? Can u still hear sound in your headphones? You should still be able to adjust sound volume on the application controls (Windows Media Player, iTunes, w/e) plus your headphones might also have it's own volume control. These controls are seperate from the volume controls of the laptop speakers.

[zakhiel]

What happens when you turn down the laptop speakers (or mute them)? Can u still hear sound in your headphones? You should still be able to adjust sound volume on the application controls (Windows Media Player, iTunes, w/e) plus your headphones might also have it's own volume control. These controls are seperate from the volume controls of the laptop speakers.

If I turn down or mute the laptop's speakers it also mutes/turns down the headphone volume. The headphones don't have their own volume control, the system/Windows volume settings affect both. And I have the volume of WMP turned all the way up.

What happens is, I don't have the headphones plugged in and sound comes out fine from the laptop speakers. Then, I'll plug in the headphones, and the sound coming out of the laptop speakers lowers like 1/2 but is still able to be heard, and you can hear sound out of the headphones too, at the loudness that the laptop speakers were at before. It just started happening today.

[Shuemue]

It's 5 years old, it's obsolete, smash it.

[Charla]

What happens when you turn down the laptop speakers (or mute them)? Can u still hear sound in your headphones? You should still be able to adjust sound volume on the application controls (Windows Media Player, iTunes, w/e) plus your headphones might also have it's own volume control. These controls are seperate from the volume controls of the laptop speakers.

If I turn down or mute the laptop's speakers it also mutes/turns down the headphone volume. The headphones don't have their own volume control, the system/Windows volume settings affect both. And I have the volume of WMP turned all the way up.

What happens is, I don't have the headphones plugged in and sound comes out fine from the laptop speakers. Then, I'll plug in the headphones, and the sound coming out of the laptop speakers lowers like 1/2 but is still able to be heard, and you can hear sound out of the headphones too, at the loudness that the laptop speakers were at before. It just started happening today.

So before today, the laptop speakers would deactivate while the headphones were plugged, like they were supposed to? Then that definately sounds like a hardware problem. What probably happened is that the switch or whatever that deactivates the speakers got worn out. Not much you can do about that short of opening the thing up (which isn't a good idea for several reasons imo).

[zakhiel]

So before today, the laptop speakers would deactivate while the headphones were plugged, like they were supposed to? Then that definately sounds like a hardware problem. What probably happened is that the switch or whatever that deactivates the speakers got worn out. Not much you can do about that short of opening the thing up (which isn't a good idea for several reasons imo).

Woohoo thank you for an actual insightful response. That is exactly the case, when the headphones plugged in before today the laptop's speakers would deactivate, but today, the laptop speaker volume instead lowers by like half and the headphone volume output is correct.

As far as opening the laptop up/taking it apart, I've done it many times before - replacing hard drive, replacing cable that connects the LCD to the mother board, etc. It's no longer under warranty so sending it in isn't an option. It's not a big deal, I rarely use this thing as I have a newer desktop, but this is the only problem I have with it and it works fine for websurfing/graphics work otherwise. I just wanted to see if it could be fixed or if it could be a software/Windows problem. Thanks tho.

[Jerseyprophet]

Im not a computer guru guy, but I'm a sound equipment guru (DJ and run a recording studio with more gear than I care to remember networked through out).

One thing, and it sounds dumb but has happened to me and my crew in the studio during sound checks -- is that the actual connecter on the headphones is not making a full connection/seal on the input and that's making the audio still come through the speakers too.

Try connecting another set of headphones, making sure it sits really nice in the input jack.