- Feb 7, 2015
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Hey all,
I've been using a Windows 8 HP Envy laptop for a while just fine. It used to be that I could hear headphone output just fine even at 2-3% volume.
However, a few days ago I went into the beats audio manager and hit "Restore defaults," and now the headphone output is at the exact opposite state - I can barely hear it at all if I crank every last output setting up to 100%, and it's completely inaudible otherwise.
I've checked the usual culprits - driver updates, skype, etc - and none seem to be causing it. The typical fix (uncheck enhancements under speaker properties) doesn't seem to exist in 8.1.
Out of desperation, I system restored and it reverted to its original state; however, every time I restart the computer after a restore the headphone jack volume goes back to being super low.
I know it's not a hardware issue because the jack works fine on the Linux partition.
I'm honestly stumped here. I think it might be directing the audio oddly when something is in the jack, but I have no idea how to change that in 8.1 and I can't find much on 8.1 in general online. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If it's of any use, I used to be able to see headphones under playback devices, but now I only see speakers/HP - I don't know if anything changed there.
I've been using a Windows 8 HP Envy laptop for a while just fine. It used to be that I could hear headphone output just fine even at 2-3% volume.
However, a few days ago I went into the beats audio manager and hit "Restore defaults," and now the headphone output is at the exact opposite state - I can barely hear it at all if I crank every last output setting up to 100%, and it's completely inaudible otherwise.
I've checked the usual culprits - driver updates, skype, etc - and none seem to be causing it. The typical fix (uncheck enhancements under speaker properties) doesn't seem to exist in 8.1.
Out of desperation, I system restored and it reverted to its original state; however, every time I restart the computer after a restore the headphone jack volume goes back to being super low.
I know it's not a hardware issue because the jack works fine on the Linux partition.
I'm honestly stumped here. I think it might be directing the audio oddly when something is in the jack, but I have no idea how to change that in 8.1 and I can't find much on 8.1 in general online. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If it's of any use, I used to be able to see headphones under playback devices, but now I only see speakers/HP - I don't know if anything changed there.
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