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Realtek falsely detects headphones in front panel
Hello all, just ran into an odd problem and hoped you might be able to offer some insight.
I built my computer in April, and up until just recently the computer was correctly detecting whether my headphones were plugged in the front panel. Within the past few days, Realtek has stopped being able to detect that I have removed the headphones. If I turn off auto-detection in the Realtek Audio Manager, my speakers work correctly. If I turn on auto-detection, I get no sound at all unless I have my headphones plugged in the front jack.
The attached file is a screenshot of the Realtek HD Audio Manater. Although I have nothing plugged in the front jack, notice that Realtek thinks that there is.
Another bit of oddness: if I have "disable front panel jack detection" selected, but then I unselect it, I get a message that I have "just unplugged a device from the audio jack." This message occurs whether I have the headphones plugged in the front jack or not.
I have tried reinstalling the correct Realtek drivers from my motherboard manufacturer's website.
I have considered trying to reassign the jack outputs (as described in this forum's sticky) so that the mic is the headphone jack, but I hoped there might be a software solution that I have not yet considered.
Any thoughts?