Re: Dim 8400 Sound card & headphones

It's hardware. The headphone plug pushes a medal tab away from the jack.
The shape of the plug allows it to 'stutter' againsts the jack while you
plug it in.

Tom
"Bryan" <bryanw20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've noticed if I use the front Headphone jack on my 8400, the speakers
> shut off, after a split second delay and a stutter (sound off, on for spit
> second, off permanently) leading me to believe this is software driven. Is
> there a setting hidden somewhere where I can have both on at the same time
> (headphones and out the jacks on the rear)? It's not a big pain, but I
> like to have my 5.1 headphones plugged into the rear, and want to use the
> headphone jack to drive my modulator to watch/listen to the computer from
> other TV's in my house (I have MCE).
>
> I have the Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS sound card
> Haven't seen an option anywhere yet to disable sound when headphones
> detected.
>
> Thanks
> Bryan
>


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