

When I attach speakers, even if they’re turned off, the Youtube video works. While it may be hard to believe, this issue is due to the fact that there are no speakers attached to the computer, and in fact, the volume icon in the tray has an X on it. This also happens when playing videos on other sites that actually take the video from Youtube. I have a group of identical Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit computers that I’m preparing for use, and Youtube videos freeze after a few seconds (I get a message on a fuzzy background saying to try again later, as if that would help).


However, I used ForceDisableJD as suggested by Nich above, and that DID disable audio jack detection for me. You can completely disable the onboard Audio controller from the BIOS.Changing the EnableDynamicDevices value didn’t work for me – audio jack detection was still enabled. Note: You can always the disable any (front or rear) of the USB ports from the BIOS, but not the Audio Jack. Remove the circuit board and break the Audio Jack. So that’s not an option with the new machines. If you disconnect that, you won’t be able to switch on the machine. The front Audio jacks are simply an extension to the original back ones, but they detect the earphones and take over the rear jack.Īll the latest DELL machines have the power switch, front USB ports and Audio jacks on the same circuit board connected to the mother board with a single connector. Open the case and locate the cable and disconnect it. If your machine is an old one, there might be a chance that the front Audio Jack is connected individually with a cable to the motherboard. There is no BIOS or software setting to disable it. The only way to disable the front Audio jack is to physically disconnect it. So the machine thinks that the audio jack is in use and it takes over the rear jack from emitting sound. So I did a bit of troubleshooting and found that, since the old earphones snapped, it left a small piece of metal in the front audio jack. So he tried using the Rear ones with a different headphone. Recently, one of my colleagues snapped his earphones in the front Audio Jack of his machine.
