The bad news is that something s going wrong at the software end in delivering the sound from pc to headphones.
Pc headphone jack not working windows 10.
Here are 7 fixes that have proved useful to many people.
If you plug your headphones into your windows 10 pc and get that reassuring ding sound the good news is that they re being detected at a hardware level.
7 fixes for headphones problems on windows 10.
Set headphone as default device.
Follow the steps below to use the built in audio troubleshooter in windows 10 to find and fix the problem headphones not working on your computer.
Click on the start button and click on the settings icon.
On the settings screen click on update security icon.
You may not need to try them all.
Just work your way down the list until you find the one that works for you.
The 2 5 mm audio jack itself does not need a driver because it use the built in embedded sound card in your computer so the headphones are supposed to work seamlessly when you plug them in.
The headphone jack is an expected i o port in a windows 10 computer and you cannot live without it.
Plug the headphone in and restart your computer.
While some smartphones do not come with the headphone jack anymore using a pc without one is near to impossible.
On the next screen click on troubleshoot in the left pane.