[Vlad2]

Hello,

There are three sockets on the back of my system unit: Line-in, Line-out, and Microphone. The headphones jack is inserted into the Line-out socket. I also need to connect the speakers, but when I insert their jack into Line-in, they do not work. (On another system unit, when I plugged the speakers into Line-in, Realtek Manager displayed a window asking whether the plugged device were front speakers, headphones, Line-in, or a microphone. After I selected “speakers,” the speakers worked.)

What needs to be changed in the settings to use the Line-out socket for headphones and the Line-in socket for speakers?

 

[MindsMirror]

Your speakers need to be connected to a line out. The line in probably worked on your other system because the jack could be configured as either input or output, but that's not a common feature. Do you have a headphone jack on the front of your system to use for headphone, while the speakers plug into the line out on the back?

 

[Vlad2]

There is a Line-out socket on the front of the system unit, but it did not work. The mainboard inside may not be linked to it. The sockets in the previous system unit could be configured to function either as Line-in or Line-out in Realtek Manager. Since the current system unit is about 10 years newer than the older one, it would be logical to expect it likewise to have sockets configurable in Realtek Manager.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

There are three sockets on the back of my system unit: Line-in, Line-out, and Microphone. The headphones jack is inserted into the Line-out socket. I also need to connect the speakers, but when I insert their jack into Line-in, they do not work. (On another system unit, when I plugged the speakers into Line-in, Realtek Manager displayed a window asking whether the plugged device were front speakers, headphones, Line-in, or a microphone. After I selected “speakers,” the speakers worked.)

What needs to be changed in the settings to use the Line-out socket for headphones and the Line-in socket for speakers?

Line Input means it goes into the device that line input is on.

Line output means the signal goes out of the device through that output.

There is a Line-out socket on the front of the system unit, but it did not work. The mainboard inside may not be linked to it.

Check if this is plugged in.

 

[Vlad2]

Thank you for the information. I will have to look for the jack displayed on the first picture. Can you also explain what is depicted on the second photograph?

 

[ProtegeManiac]

Thank you for the information. I will have to look for the jack displayed on the first picture. Can you also explain what is depicted on the second photograph?

That's the port on the motherboard that the front HD audio jack on the case plugs into.

 

[Vlad2]

The sound panel is connected to the mainboard, but there is still no sound. Does it have to be connected to a different place on the mainboard?

 

[MindsMirror]

It might be disabled in the Windows control panel, or not auto switching.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

The sound panel is connected to the mainboard, but there is still no sound. Does it have to be connected to a different place on the mainboard?

There's no other port for it to hook up to Either this is a software problem or some hardware is broken somewhere.

Switch off the computer and reseat the connection. Run the mobo audio suite and see if there's a manual switch there.

 

[Vlad2]

If the second sound panel has to be enabled in the settings, how can this be done in Windows 10?

 

[MindsMirror]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026994/windows-fix-sound-problems

 

[Vlad2]

I have run the Troubleshooting multiple times on each on the listed devices (speakers, headphones, and two HDMI devices), but the sound is still not coming from the front panel. However, the USB port in the same panel works.