Computer detects my headset but sound doesn't play through it?!

Hey guys,

I recently had a BSOD problem which was resolved by removing my GPU's device driver and removing the GPU itself to give it a clean and refit it. Since then i don't get sound through my headset/speakers and i have no idea why! my realtek audio recognizes when the jacks are being used and even gives me a message in the bottom right. When i go on playback devices it shows that sound is being played through the device (green bar goes up and down) but i literally hear nothing! I honestly have no idea whats wrong as it seems the jacks are fine considering my computer knows when they are being used, i also have realtek audio still working and it also recognizes when something is plugged in :/

BSOD thread for some background - BSOD playing CS:GO, error 0x00000116

Any ideas what could be happening and what i could do to fix it guys? much appreciated!

I did it and nothing has changed unfortunately :/ any other ideas mate?

I built the pc myself and it doesn't have its own speakers, i have tried two headsets in it but nothing, the computer is telling me that someone has connected to the jack so it must know a headset is connected :/

i have a feeling a might of broken something when cleaning the GPU, is there anyway to sort the sound if this is the came?

Before i plugged the headset in the green jack - Gyazo - c07bb32e13d28554c30584398c4b32a8.png

After - Gyazo - 95b698bee9eb261fbcd4f173be18d3bf.png

So its accepting that something is plugged in but still wont put sound through the headset mate

Its definitely not mate, another headset and a pair of speakers both have the same problem - all of them work perfectly fine on my laptop :/

This all occured after i had uninstalled my graphics card, turned my PC off and took the GPU out to check there was no dust build up etc, i then reconnected it - turned the pc back on and reinstalled the GPU. The sound worked fine before i did all of this