Headphones as playback device.

[ballist1x]

Well...I'm having this problem with a few of my games - Counter Strike Source and Half Life 2 Deathmatch. The problem is that whenever I try to change the Speaker Configuration to Headphones, it always reverts back to 7.1 Speakers after I go back in the options to check.

This seems to be related to my Windows sound settings since whenever I change my Speakers Configuration in the Sound window to like Stereo or Quadraphonic or 5.1 or 7.1 Surround, the option the games change respectively to 2 Speakrs, 4.1, 5.1, 7,1 Speakrs.

I don't think that the 2 things should be related meaning I should be able to change my option in game to whatever I want despite what I've chosen in the Windows settings.

Now, since I don't think there is a way to make my game not know what I've set the windows audio settings to, I need to find a way to get my headphones recognized by the OS and have "Headphones" instead of "Speakers". Unfortunately, I have no idea how to do that. I've tried to look for a guide or figure it out myself but with no luck.

This is what I can see in the Sound Options:

I think I've seen while I was looking for a way to fix this, that other people have the "headphones" in their Sound playback tab, but I don't...

 

[not so gray matter]

If you have a specific headphones port on your sound card/motherboard, try using that. Often times with onboard sound, you'll have a set of ports on the back and then a set of ports on the front. The front ports are usually set to headphones.

Also, try updating your drivers if you haven't already.

 

[ballist1x]

I've plugged the headphones in the jack for the Line-In aka place where the headphones go. Driver is also up to date. And I am using a sound card which is Razer Barracuda AC-1.
And I have not even plugged my front sound ports (sound jacks on the case) and I've totally disabled my motherboard sound. The only way I get sound is my sound card.

I remember that I used to be able to change the option in my games before...now suddenly I can't.