help Audio problems HELP!!!

[Z4ltyy]

After inserting and taking the 3.5mm headphone splitter out a bunch of times it suddenly doesn't work anymore (not entirely anyways). When I'm inserting the wire that comes out the headset into the headphone/mic splitter about halfway only the right side works (also when fiddling with it sometimes I can hear audio faintly on the left side). This also happens when I insert the headphone splitter into the front. But when I insert the headset wire right into the rear or front jack it works perfectly fine. Also tested with different splitter and headset. Have tried reinstalling audio drivers, nothing is working. What might be the issue? This happened very suddenly, at one moment it was working and another it was not.

[Tetras]

The cables and plugs wear over time, you could try cleaning them. For example: I have one extension cable that works perfectly and is a tight fit, I have another that is a loose fit and often loses a channel. I should buy another one, but I haven't got around to it.

[Z4ltyy]

Thanks for replying so quick. I did an audio driver reinstallation again and that fixed it somehow, not sure what I did wrong the first time and still not sure if the mic will work. I'm pretty sure wear wasn't the problem because the problem persisted through 2 sets of cables and headsets, furthermore the motherboard has been in use only 5 months and I haven't taken those cables out many times.

[Z4ltyy]

Ok I lied. I installed Realtek driver Installer which was supposed to delete current audio driver and upon restart install it again. That worked for a moment, but after a few minutes I lost audio again, not sure why. The setup started again upon restart starting to uninstall the just installed driver again, I quickly canceled it, had audio for a few minutes I plugged the mic cable of the splitter in and after that the audio was gone. So I'm not sure what made it go bye.

[saintlouisbagels]

Fosi sells a really good audio splitter if you ever need a higher quality solution, and you're working with multiple headphones at different sensitivities.
https://www.amazon.com/Fosi-Audio-PH05-5-Channel-Headphones/dp/B0CYLSD4GJ/

 

Otherwise, if the front 3.5mm headphone output is ever busted, Apple sells an excellent USB-C to 3.5mm soundcard (technically, it is just a DAC, but the output voltage is high enough for most headphones)
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/usb-c-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter

[Z4ltyy]

Maybe problem fixed now. No need to reply.