

Windows 7 will automatically install the right drivers for the sound devices, and you should be good to hook. Click the first choice, labelled something like "Search Automatically for Driver Software" (Sorry, don't know the exact name as I'm at a public computer right now and can't access that stuff). For both of these, double-click the device name, click the driver tab, and click the rollback driver button. You should see a Realtek sound device, or maybe two if you've got both HD and AC'97.

What I finally did to fix the problem was to go to Device Manager and open the Sound, video and game controllers submenu. Now, if your audio is built into your mobo like mine, you might be able to do what I did. My computer would tell me that I was plugging headphones or speakers into the jacks, or unplugging them, but would not push any sound through. My sound worked perfectly on my front jacks and on the back mobo sound inputs until a few days ago, when it stopped working completely with absolutely no changes made by me to my computer's hardware or software. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate, which I installed less than a month ago, on a Gigabyte X58a-UDR3 mobo with the Realtek HD Audio. COMPLETELY means: 1) disable detection of headphones/microphone/etc plugged 2) disable detection of plugged/unplugged 3) disable detection of mono/stereo I have Realtek HD audio. I've now spent over 3 hours on this issue and I need help.If you have windows 7 and integrated motherboard audio, you might benefit from an easy fix that doesn't make your computer stop recognizing when things are plugged in or not, as is the case when you tick the box marked "Disable Front Panel Jack Detection". It comes out tinny as it thinks it's a speaker and not a headset. Nothing makes the sound come out properly from my headset.

trying each and every possible mix of settings (not many to choose from mind you) in the advanced settings. unplugging my rear speakers completely to stop the interfering with the headset changing the settings from AC97 to HD front panel on both the software and in the BIOS in all possible configurations uninstalling, updating and reinstalling the driver 3 times The issue is that after I choose the headset, the software says it's a speaker, and the sound is not amplified for my headset. When I plug in my headset in the front panel of my new desktop, it detects that I've plugged in a headset. I then restarted my computer to see if that would fix anything. I checked to see if I had accidentally plugged in my headphones to the mic jack instead of the headphone jack. I've searched many forums and none have an answer for my problem. I went to my Realtek HD Audio Manager and found that it thought that my headphones were a microphone. I'm writing to you as I've run out of ideas.
