Disappearing Audio problem

[Stipz]

I started having issues with my audio and I'm stumped to what's causing it and how to fix it, I can't stream with my audio like this.

It appears/disappears every now and then with the notification "an audio device has been plugged/ unplugged in the audio jack"

 

I reinstalled the usual drivers I'm using for my Phantom Gaming 9 motherboard and yet it still persist.

Tried messing with Realtek Settings and there doesn't seem to be anything different. 

 

I don't want to reinstall my OS and I don't think I could rollback updates that were installed.

 

Windows updated recently, but still I'm not to v1903 which as far as I know has caused some audio issues, 

Current build: buildver 1809 v17763.737

 

[TempestCatto]

Due to recent events, I'm lead to believe it's that pesky Windows update. But it could also just be something as simple as the jack is lose, or the cable or device is also going bad. So test it/them with another device if you can. But again, my money is on the update. MS should hopefully release a fix soon. I guess you could try running a Windows VM without that update and see what it does? or maybe install a fresh copy on a different drive and don't update it and see what happens?

[Stipz]

7 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

Due to recent events, I'm lead to believe it's that pesky Windows update. But it could also just be something as simple as the jack is lose, or the cable or device is also going bad. So test it/them with another device if you can. But again, my money is on the update. MS should hopefully release a fix soon. I guess you could try running a Windows VM without that update and see what it does? or maybe install a fresh copy on a different drive and don't update it and see what happens?

power source is okay, cable isn't broken too since tried it on my phone and it doesn't seem to "unplug" itself atleast. at first I really thought it's the updated, but I postponed build 1903 then again I could be wrong at this point since I'm having audio issues now.

 

good idea on the VM, will do that thank you.

[Stipz]

Confirmed only experiencing issues when it is connected to the rear panel.

this is definitely a driver issue of some sorts.

Works fine if connected on the front panel

[TempestCatto]

1 hour ago, Stipz said:

Confirmed only experiencing issues when it is connected to the rear panel.

this is definitely a driver issue of some sorts.

Works fine if connected on the front panel

If it works on the front panel and not the rear, I'd suspect it's the port on your motherboard. If it were a driver issue, you would have issues on both front and rear IO.

[Stipz]

5 hours ago, TempestCatto said:

If it works on the front panel and not the rear, I'd suspect it's the port on your motherboard. If it were a driver issue, you would have issues on both front and rear IO.

Actually yeah...

observed it some more, opened up the control panel and saw that it keeps switching between green and black even though it's connected to the green jack.

i think it's a grounding issue?  I have no idea how to fix this now.

 

[Stipz]

oh wait! i got it
I've put a dummy audio jack on the side speaker out (black) so it doesn't switch to it... so it's kinda fixed.