I'm at my wits end trying to figure out how to fix this. That replaced the Realtek HD Audio Manager with the ASUS branded Realtek HD Audio Manager, but still doesn't switch to Headphone settings. I downloaded the most recent Realtek driver, 6., and installed that. It installed the Realtek HD Audio Manager, but no longer switches to the Headphone setting when I plug my headphones in. I install the driver I had downloaded a few weeks ago (I don't know what version since it's all listed as 2.80 on the site). I try uninstalling the driver and installing the Realtek driver from their website. It switches the output from the rear to the front panel, but it stays on the Speaker setting and volume.

I restart, and sound is back, but it no longer switches to the Headphone setting when I plug in my headphones. Clicking on it, Windows tries to correct the problem and tells me that I should restart. Yesterday I see that the volume icon on the Taskbar has a red X through it, and I have no sound. Fine, I can live without the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Unplug, and it went back to Speakers and the speaker volume. As soon as I plugged in my headphones it would switch the Playback device to Headphones and the headphone volume. I uninstalled the driver, and Windows automatically replaced it with the default Microsoft driver, and it started working normally again. It would recognize the headphones when plugged in, but would stay on the Speaker settings and volume. I tried updating to the latest ASUS driver, no difference. I keep my Speaker volume set to 50%, and my Headphone volume to 8%, but now it was always on the Speaker volume setting. It stopped doing that, and continued to display 5.1 Speakers in the Speaker Configuration and use the Speaker volume control. Previously, when I would plug in my Headphones it would recognize them and switch to the Headphone settings and volume setting. Restarting seemed to fix that, but introduced a new issue. When I would plug in my Headphones, it wouldn't detect them, and would continue playing through the Speakers.

I have speakers connected to the rear of the motherboard, and headphones via the front panel port.Ī few weeks ago, the Realtek HD Audio Manager started behaving oddly. I'm running Windows 10 Pro v.1607 build 14393.447 on an Asus Z170-A motherboard with Realtek HD Audio ALC892.

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