Headphone jack light?


  1. xFantasy
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    Windows 7 Home edition 64bit
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    Headphone jack light?


    I have a red light in my headphone jack when I'm using windows 8 but then when I get back onto Windows 7 (dual boot) the light doesn't turn on. Does anyone know how I could turn it on?

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  3. bassfisher6522
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    My guess would be that there's no driver for it yet in windows 8 other than the generic driver that windows 8 uses. What is the make and model of the head set you are using?
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  4. logicearth
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    I bet you the port doubles as an Optical S/PDIF port. Very common these days. The red light is the light source for the optical cable. Its on in Windows 8 because of a lack of drivers.
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