Since you are using Realtek Audio, you should be able to open the Sound Manager by clicking the Show Hidden Icons in the taskbar, looking at the popup window of icons, and right-clicking on the orange "speaker" icon. ... You could try plugging a plug into the headphones jack, wiggling it, then pulling it out, that may get one or both speakers working, but the only real solution is to replace the headphones jack - that's an item frequently replaced by laptop repair places. Realtek Audio Playing Sound Out of One Side So I recently installed the Realtek audio driver for my windows 10 pc and when I played audio after that, it only played out of one side of my headphones. When you wrote "Confirmed via color test. No, if you heard the audio playing correctly through the headphones that means that your IDT audio system is working okay up to that point. Quote Reply Topic: Tracer III Realtek driver only one speaker works Posted: 19 Jul 2018 at 6:32pm: Hi all, I just purchased a new Tracer III 15 VR 300 with Mechanical KB, and so far its an awesome machine, with only a few minor issues, most of which I have been able to solve with some assistance from live help and google. Dec 29, 2013 #1 Hi guys, I'm having a little problem with my onboard audio, having just installed Windows 8.1 (clean install). If you plug speakers into the same jack and only one plays, either there is a bad connection or faulty speaker. ; Right-click Realtek Audio and choose Update driver to update Realtek audio driver. This problem is faced in Windows 10 1903 version. I am following the video instruction on this site. You can listen to only one sound device at a single time in Windows 10. When I came back to the computer 2 days later, only the speaker on the RIGHT would work! These are usually the default settings of Realtek Audio Manager. Realtek '97 Only One Speaker Working - posted in Audio and Video: I have done all the troubleshooting that realtek has to offer and still only one speaker (right) is working. Still struggling with adding images to posts. I tried uninstalling it, but now it gets rid of all my audio completely if I uninstall it. You can press Windows + X keyboard shortcut, and click Device Manager to open Device Manager on Windows 10.; Scroll down to click Sound, video and game controllers category to expand it. When using the RealTek one, it just doesn't save the setting. How to Fix Realtek Audio Driver Not Working on Windows 10 Tip 1. If you are using headphone and speakers, then you can face dynamic switching of Realtek Audio driver between PC Speaker and the headphones. See More: sound from only one speaker realtek. The settings of Realtek Audio Manager are usually set to treating both audio inputs/outputs as the same device. The front speakers work fine. Then, choose the Speakers tab and confirm under the Speaker … However if I use the RealTek applet or the Sounds applet in Control Panel, I cannot set it to use 4 speakers. At present I can only put one screenshot into a post at a time. Update Realtek Audio Driver. Can't set Quadraphonic (4) speaker with RealTek AC97 Windows Update installed the driver for me. Realtek HD Audio only shows one audio output at a time Thread starter audiobreak; Start date Dec 29, 2013; A. audiobreak New Member. This is why, as you might have noticed, the devices will show up as a single device i.e. I realised that I could reassign the ports at the rear as audio out via registry editing(my realtek control panel thing won't let me), but again, audio would only come from the left speaker. Headphones are still working correctly, (Headphones are now being unplugged at computer shutdown and replugged only after Win10 completely restarted). 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