My computer thinks my right speaker is a headphone???

Question

I have had a 5.1 speaker surround kit for quite a while now and had no problems with it what so ever. However just recently i plugged my headphones into my front headphone jack of my computer. The headphones worked fine but once i unplugged them my front right speaker didn't work. I turned all the other speakers off, turned a song on and put my ear close to the right speaker. i could slighlty hear the song which brought me to the conclusion that my computer might think the speaker is a headphone. I know for certain that the speaker works because i plugged it into my xbox 360 and it worked perfectly. Is there anyone who might know what i can do about this problem??

Answer 1

you have a sticky headphone jack, plug the headphones in and out a few times quickly and tour speaker should work ok, I put a little wd40 into my jackplug and plugged in and out a few times and all was well

Answer 2

It sounds like it's the problem with the headphone jack on your speaker. There may be some loose connections at the jack.

Answer 3

Have you looked in Control Panel / Sounds and Audio Devices, you might have to re tell the computer you have 5.1

Answer 4

go to your sound devices in control panel and make sure your speakers are set to 5.1 surround sound

Answer 5

you dont say what sound software you are using.

i had similar probs with my 3.1 setup you just have to manually configure the settings for the port to be a speaker, it should be quite simple to do.

for the record the software i use is realtek AC-97

Answer 6

no, your computer doesn't "think" your speaker is a headphone... your speaker's broken. the problem just didn't show itself until you unplugged it, but it's been on the fritz for a while.

replace the speaker.