disabling sound card?

[ender-]

on a laptop?

So my laptop, when i plug headphones into the jack, the audio plays in both my headphones, and out through my laptops built in speakers.

is there a way via software or something in the device manager i can mess with to disable the speakers, but keep the jack working?

(i never use the laptops speakers, its almost 100% headphones, so i dont care if its permanently turned off)

[masherscf]

I hate to break it to ya. Your sound card probably generates the audio to your headphones too.

It's odd that using your headphones doesn't mute the internal speakers. I suspect the headphone jack is actually damaged somehow.

Maybe there's a function key that will do what your want, what kind of laptop do you have?

[ender-]

its a toshiba satellite, i think a25.

im actually 100% positive its a hardware problem.

one of my friends suggested one of these:
http://search.ebay.com/search/%2Fusb-audio_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ34QQmaxrecordsretu rnedZ300QQsbrsrtZd

anyone have any suggestions on the USB audio adapters?

[softix]

Pull the sound card out and enable Onboard in BIOS if it's currently disabled.

The option to disable/enable onboard sound should be under Advanced Chipset Options or something similar.

[masherscf]

Pull the sound card out and enable Onboard in BIOS if it's currently disabled.

The option to disable/enable onboard sound should be under Advanced Chipset Options or something similar.

Good luck with that... It's a laptop...