Re: front earphone socket (green one) stopped working

On 05 Oct 2010, "Chris K" <> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> Anyone heard about this and know cure - if not would anyone know
> which driver is responsible and i'll try get an updated driver

We wouldn't know what driver you need - that's determined by your
hardware manufacturer, and you don't tell us anything about that.

Check the Device Manager.

On 05 Oct 2010, "Chris K" <> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> I dont need to know which 'brand' of driver - it'll find that
> automatically - i just want to know which device
>
> I looked at device manager - hence wasn't sure which 'device'
> would be responsible for front headphone socket so I can update
> the driver

Windows will only install the device automatically if it came bundled
on the install disk. If it's a specialized hardware driver, you can
only update it by going to the manufacturer. You will need to know the
brand to do that.

Headphone sockets don't have drivers. It will be connected to an I/O
chip on the main board. That chip will have drivers associated with it.
That driver will be available from the computer vendor or main board
manufacturer.

On 10/5/2010 5:05 PM, Nil wrote:
> On 05 Oct 2010, "Chris K"<> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
>
>> I dont need to know which 'brand' of driver - it'll find that
>> automatically - i just want to know which device
>>
>> I looked at device manager - hence wasn't sure which 'device'
>> would be responsible for front headphone socket so I can update
>> the driver
>
> Windows will only install the device automatically if it came bundled
> on the install disk. If it's a specialized hardware driver, you can
> only update it by going to the manufacturer. You will need to know the
> brand to do that.
>
> Headphone sockets don't have drivers. It will be connected to an I/O
> chip on the main board. That chip will have drivers associated with it.
> That driver will be available from the computer vendor or main board
> manufacturer.

Its also entirely possible that the socket itself is going bad...