Z70va speakers have stopped working!

[bcunningham]

The speakers on my Z70va have suddenly stopped working for me. I have been using headphones periodically over the past month, and just yesterday when I unplugged my headphones, I stopped getting sound out of the internal speakers on my notebook.

I've tried updating/reinstalling drivers to no avail. I'm not sure what's going on here. Very frustrating. Sound works fine through the headphones, just not through the laptops speakers. I don't think there's any problems with the speakers themselves, but I'm at wits end.

Anyone else had this problem before?

[niding]

Well, my left screener speaker have a lower soundoutput then the others. U can hear a major different, on the right it have a more bass sound and on the left u hear a weaker sound lack of the bass and the front speaker are the dominant.

I had it on repair, Asus sevice, but they didnt do anything.

Try to knock them, gently?!?!?!?

[ledzepp14]

Have you checked the RealTek Sound Manager program? Under "Speaker Configuration", you can choose either 2CH Speaker or Headphones.

[bcunningham]

Well I just tried doing a complete system restore and still no luck.

No matter what I do, I get sound just fine out of the headphones but not the speakers.

[g2p07]

Lol that the exact negation of what the problem should be. The people who posted here state the speakers dont turn off when pluggin in headphones (faulty audio dj needs replacement) your problem is similar in nature though it would need the attention of your dealer to clarify...

[Djembe]

Maybe there's a wire loose somewhere. You might want to ask your reseller about it.

[bcunningham]

Think I fixed it. Looks like my headphones may have been the culprit...

I noticed after doing the full system restore that I wasn't getting very good sound out of the headphones anymore; I would get low sound on system notifications, but not on shutdown/startup, and video sound was crappy (of course...the speakers still weren't working). So I tried another set of headphones and everything sounded fine in the replacements, but I still wasn't getting sound out of the laptop speakers.

Well after a few times inserting/removing the replacement headphones from the jack (just from a few casual tests), the laptop speakers started working again!

My headphones must've jammed the jack somehow and kept the system thinking the headphones were still connected.

[bcunningham]

well...looks like i spoke too soon...now the speakers won't turn off! ARGH!!!

[Djembe]

I still think you should talk to your reseller about it.

[k3v]

Seems like the ''auto switch'' for the headphone jack isn't working properly. As Djembe said, you should talk to your reseller.

[BadBoy787512]

Holy Hell! I am having the exact same problem! I plugged in some external speakers, pulled 'em out, and the bloody internal speakers stopped flippin' working! I too can hear everything well when I plug in headphones, but doing everything you did (I.E. system restor, un- and re-installing the sound drivers), I still cannot fix the problem. Damn, what luck! I had just sent in this laptop to ASUS about two or so months ago. I guess I'm gonna have to talk to Eddie (of Geared2Play) again... .

[bcunningham]

If you have another set of headphones, try using them. Like I posted before: once I switched headphones the speakers started working again for me after a few times plugging/unplugging them through casual use (but they wouldn't - and still won't - shut off).

I've stopped using the headphone jack at this point. I haven't made up my mind if I wanna bother sending this thing back to get fixed again (had the ghosting problem when I first got it). The headphones not switching off the speakers falls under the "not too big of a deal" category for me. I use this thing for more than just fun and games.

If the internal speakers had totally crapped out I might be more willing to ship this thing out to get fixed, but since they are working again I'm not sure I wanna bother.

Of course, the speakers could just die on me again....I'll have to wait and see.

[BadBoy787512]

What do you mean exactly, when you say that they didn't shut off; did pressing the mute button not turn them off either? Also, this is a question directly towards you, but doesn't necessarily have to be meant just for you: Looking at the S/PDIF jack-hole, do you (or anyone for that matter) see a reddish light? I noticed that I could see this reddish light, ever since the speakers f***ed up on me; I had never seen this red light before (at least I don't think I ever did).
Oh yeah, and just to clear things up in case I didn't explain thoroughly enough the first time: I wasn't exactly using headphone. I was using some external speakers to boost the volume output. Also (I'm sorry), could you re-iterate what you'd said about attempting to resolve the issue? What was it that you were saying; did you say that whilst playing whatever audio or whatever (with the headphones, or in my case the external speakers), that you should try to plug it out? Is that what is supposed to fix the problem?
Thanks for everyone's time.

[g2p07]

Badboy
Dont try to correct the issue with the red light. Leave it be until you send it in for screen replacement. Try to get that done asap. I know you got class but i rather get all the screen issues out the way now then later

[Seppuku]

I am having this exact same problem with my z70va, red light and all. I guess it's time to contact my reseller as well.

Is it hard to replace the board myself?