Speakers playing when headphones are plugged in

Repairing (replacing) the jack, if it is bad, can be a major task. Most circuit boards are multi layered and special desoldering/soldering equipment is needed so the circuit board traces are not destroyed, plus getting an exact replacement jack can be a problem. However, on many laptops the I/O jacks are on a separate "daughter" board and if jacks are bad replacing that small daughter board is the way to go.

I have an "SMT" (Surface Mount Technology) workstation for desoldering and soldering but still would be leery trying to replace a jack such as the headphone jack.

I do not know what the problem is with the no sound from my headphones. I do know the first time that I installed a new driver, i lost all sound from my headphones, before the sound was playing in the headphones and through the speakers. I am just trying to get to the bottom of the problem.

I wouldn't suspect a bad jack in this case.

I hope that someone can help me. I have no sound from my headphones. I bought an expensive bluetooth earbud product and I do not know how to check to see if this computer supports bluetooth. I would prefer to just use my earbuds with headphone jacks.

^ If you confirm that there's no driver issue with your sound card, and the jack still does not work, there's always a USB sound card to get your headphone jack back

How would I access the usb sound card to use my earbuds? Or would I need to buy some usb headphones?

After I download this, where can I find it on my computer? It is not in the device manager.

I would like to use my earbuds that I have used for the past 2 years. Why there is no sound coming from them, I have no clue. So I have the bright idea to buy bluetooth earbuds. I bought a BT dongle. Now what? The dongle is plugged in, I powered on my headphones but nothing happens. I did not know that I was such a newbie. Very frustrating.