Audio Only In One Ear

Hi

When I turned my pc on I noticed that the audio in my headphones was only coming through in one ear.

I tried unplugging the cord and putting it back in but it didn't solve it.

Sometimes the audio switches ears but for some reason it is never in both ears, any idea what is causing this?

I have also tried reinstalling the audio driver but that did not solve it either.

Thanks.

A damaged 3.5mm can cause this type of problem. Try pulling the pin out half-way and see if the sound changes ear.

A damaged 3.5mm can cause this type of problem. Try pulling the pin out half-way and see if the sound changes ear.

Tezcatlipoca666

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

A damaged 3.5mm can cause this type of problem. Try pulling the pin out half-way and see if the sound changes ear.

PcGamingRig

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[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

A damaged 3.5mm can cause this type of problem. Try pulling the pin out half-way and see if the sound changes ear.

NaviJ

not good with audio hardware. :)

There is a pic, it is converted from that to a 3.5mm.

Do you know what type that is?

ok nvm im pretty sure it is 6.35mm

Is it smaller then the 3.5 mm jack? If yes, then it is most likely 2.5mm.

Edit: Or not. :P

Broken cable. Same thing happened to my headset recently.

That's my greatest nightmare. waking up on a Saturday morning only to find out that there's only sound in one ear... ****

It could be a broken wire. This happens too my girlfriends headset every few months, luckly the breaks have been on the head phone end and not the plug, so its been an easy snip and soldering job too fix it.

If your really desperate too keep the headphones you have, and its the plug thats broken, you could try finding an old set somewhere and maybe be able to use the plug from them. Just cut the plugs off and attach the working one. Ofcourse dont go cutting anything unless your out of other options and are willing to loose all use of the headphones.

If the sound switches ears when you pull the plug out a little, the headphones are OK, right? Both sides work, but only one is getting signal at a time. Either something is screwy with your adapter, or your jack is broken such that only one channel has signal. Blistrax

Most likely.

TC, now that you have tried the jack half plugged in, try doing the following; insert it all the way and then put slight pressure to the left, right, top, and bottom of the plug. If sound comes back in both ears when you press to the left for example, that means that the socket on the mobo/video card is physically damaged.

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[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

A damaged 3.5mm can cause this type of problem. Try pulling the pin out half-way and see if the sound changes ear.

NaviJ