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Overnight my PC(Windows XP), which worked reasonably well up till now, suddenly stopped producing any sound. I'd thought that I'd accidentally altered the volume-slider-settings ot my DVD-player/Windows Media-Player or that I'd altered the playback-device or whatever, but I found everything to be fine, and in the proper settings. I then vaguely remembered turning the computer around the night before - so I found a loose wire hanging around near the computer(with 2 green-coloured "ends/plugs" at either end of it) and thought that it probably belonged to my PC - so I fitted it into a spare socket at the bottom of my computer-monitor, and tried to put it in a relevant hole at the back of my CPU - as soon as I put it in the hole meant for plugging computer-headphones in, the PC started producing sound as normal - the trouble is that now I can't use my headphones, as the hole meant for it is now occupied by the other wire which is most awkward. I tried to put the green wire in another (yellow-coloured)socket of similiar size at the back of my PC, but it didn't work re getting back the sound.Can you suggest to me what I've done wrong? Obviously, I'm missing some vital info as, previously, I was easily able to watch DVDs etc. with the headphones plugged into that particular socket. So the wire with green-coloured plugs should presumably go elsewhere - (but where?) - or perhaps I've accidentally changed some setting and that green wire isn't really needed etc.?
Thanks so much for any help you can give me,
my PC is an absolute lifeline for me, and without being able to use headphones I'm in a frightful state, as I don't want my neighbours complaining(I'm slightly deaf so abandoning headphones is not a good option!)
Geoff
Answer This information is from my ASUS Motherboard user guide and should be universal.
The color of the port is the function:
Orange - Center/Subwoofer speakers
Black - rear speakers in 4/6/8 channel audio configuration.
Light Blue - Line in, microphone, other devices that can send a signal to the sound device.
Lime - Line out, Headphone, speares or front speakers in a 4/6/8 channel audio configuration.
Your headphone male jack needs to be in the Light Green or Lime port.
