Please answer Saltgrass' questions.
This could be something as simple as a bent contact arm inside the jack, breaking the speaker connection, but not making the headphone connection. If this were a PC, I would say to try the rear connections.This seems to me that the PC recognizes that a headphone is plugged in but along the way something prevents the sound from being produced by the headset.
We were missing the mixer information, thanks.
This could be something as simple as a bent contact arm inside the jack, breaking the speaker connection, but not making the headphone connection. If this were a PC, I would say to try the rear connections.
My friend Bing Google shows a lot of people with the Dell Vostro 1015 have headphone issues - though most complain the speakers do not mute when headphones are inserted. Other complaints deal with the location of the jack being in front, where bellies may bang into it, and over time, putting stress on the internal jack - which leads back to it could be the jack.
This assumes there's no setting in your Control Panel sound applet, or BIOS which has disabled that jack.
Other than, I am afraid I am out of guesses.
But not for an experienced technician who sees this problem often. While in most cases, the contact tension can be bent back, sadly, once the metal is bent the first time, it is weakened and will never provide full tension again and will likely need to be replaced eventually anyway.As for the bent connection it would mean doing some parts replacement which may not also be simple to carry out.
But not for an experienced technician who sees this problem often. While in most cases, the contact tension can be bent back, sadly, once the metal is bent the first time, it is weakened and will never provide full tension again and will likely need to be replaced eventually anyway.
Sorry I was not of more help.
Thanks anyway