Q: Installed Windows 10, but can't get audio jack to work!
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Jul 31, 2015 8:16 AMby Shdy_IIV,Yes, it does work on OSX.
Yes it is a single audio jack and it worked flawlessly on Windows 8 and 8.1 right after installing them, but the update to 10 killed it. It was muted at first, but I unmuted it and it will still not play any sound. It's not a headphone/hardware issue, but seems to be a software issue. The status bars on the right in the sound settings won't even move if there's audio playing and the default device are the headphones. If I swap to a different output device it works and I can see the the "moving green bars".
The audio jack seems completely dead and I have tried a few different things already...
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Jul 31, 2015 10:21 AMby Loner T,Can you run the following two procedures and test?
How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support
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Aug 1, 2015 4:45 AMby Rudegar,give the official win8.1 drivers a try Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621
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Aug 4, 2015 7:19 PMby saulthu,Had exact same problem, was fixed by first installing the boot camp drivers again i.e. unzip the boot camp drivers, go into folder BootCamp\Drivers\Cirrus, run CirrusAudioCS4208x64.exe which matched my hardware. The headphones still didn't work at this point, so I tried uninstalling all cirrus drivers -- I was going to reinstall the driver again, but the headphones began working before all cirrus drivers were uninstalled.
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Aug 5, 2015 12:52 PMby samwrn,HelpfulFound a fix for this.
1. Right click on the sound icon on the task bar
2. Click playback devices
3. Left click on the headphones, then click on properties
4. Go to advanced
5. Select: '2 Channel, 16 bit, 44100Hz (CD Quality)' as the default format
6. Test and it should work, then click apply and you're done.
Hope it helps, tried this on a MBP 13" Retina late 2013
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Aug 7, 2015 3:26 AMby samwrn,That's what worked for me so I thought I'd share it. The driver reinstalling did not work for me, as soon as I plug the audio jack the drivers would automatically reinstall. I installed the latest ones and it still didn't work. Turns out for me it was the frequency issue. It might help someone else who has the same problem.
