Alright I want to completely disable my notebook's built in speaker system but still be able to hear sound from its headphone jack, EVEN WHEN HEADPHONES ARE NOT PLUGGED IN. Sorry for the caps but I need to emphasize this because people for whatever reason seem confused by the idea. It is annoying when you are listening to music and then accidentally unplug your headphones to have music blast at you especially when other people are around. So basically I want it so my computer cannot physically play sound at all, ever, unless a pair of headphones is plugged in. Note that I do not want to have to physically disconnect the speakers on the off chance I need them to work again.
I am using:
An Asus x83v computer
windows xp
realtek HD audio driver
There is no option anywhere on my computer (even under the bios menu) to selectively disable on the built in speakers and I am fairly certain that my realtek driver bundles all audio devices together and will not allow independent manipulation of any of them. I have looked through all the settings in the realtek menu as well as volume control (even with advanced controls enabled). There is no listing under device manager for my notebook's built in speakers so I cannot disable them from there. However my system is able to detect when I plug in or remove my headphones (as a little message blip pops up when i do so) so there must be some way to tell it to shut the hell up if the headphones are unplugged (even if that means downloading some background app, through this is not a preferable option).
It has been suggested that I download so called 'Microsoft sound driver' but have not been able to find this driver anywhere. If anybody knows a sound driver that would let me manage my headphone and speaker volume separately that would be great. Otherwise please let me know of a solution if you know of any.
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I am using:
An Asus x83v computer
windows xp
realtek HD audio driver
There is no option anywhere on my computer (even under the bios menu) to selectively disable on the built in speakers and I am fairly certain that my realtek driver bundles all audio devices together and will not allow independent manipulation of any of them. I have looked through all the settings in the realtek menu as well as volume control (even with advanced controls enabled). There is no listing under device manager for my notebook's built in speakers so I cannot disable them from there. However my system is able to detect when I plug in or remove my headphones (as a little message blip pops up when i do so) so there must be some way to tell it to shut the hell up if the headphones are unplugged (even if that means downloading some background app, through this is not a preferable option).
It has been suggested that I download so called 'Microsoft sound driver' but have not been able to find this driver anywhere. If anybody knows a sound driver that would let me manage my headphone and speaker volume separately that would be great. Otherwise please let me know of a solution if you know of any.
Edit:
In an effort to keep this thread alive I would like to point out that it is now:
MORE THAN ONE PAGE
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