Windows 7: Headphone output messed up after disk defrag

Sissy13 · 02 Jun 2013

I (manually) defragmented my C:\ drive, and now the headphone jack doesn't work. When I plug in headphones, I just hear a constant static buzz and no audio. I've tried this with 2 separate pairs, both of which worked just fine on this computer before the defrag, and I've also confirmed that they work on other devices.

Apparently the drive is set for automatic defrag once a week, and apparently it did an automatic defrag 3 days ago with no issues. It's the manual defrag that seems to have messed up the jack. As far as I can tell, though, the defrag didn't cause any other problems.

Any suggestions?

Thanks :)

Layback Bear · 02 Jun 2013

Well I don't know if I can help you or not because a defrag should not and I don't believe can interfere with your head phones.
Filling in your system specs completely would help others help you.

Sissy13 · 02 Jun 2013

Thanks. It doesn't make sense to me either, but that's the only thing I've done.

I've updated my system specs at least partially. I'll have to do some digging to figure out some of the others. :)

DocBrown · 02 Jun 2013

Welcome Sissy13

Here is the easy way to get yor specs

System Info - See Your System Specs