Broken front audio

[Liammail7]

i accidentally wrenched my headphones out of my front panel audio port (STUPID CHAIR!) and it is now bent  if i have headphones in it, it makes tinny sound unless i bend it back to its original straight positon, then it works as normal

 

The strange part (this might be my ignorance) is that now my speakers dont work, at ALL.  Windows recognizes them, sound is appearing in the little visualizer but there is no sound.  Is the front audio affecting the rear?  Is it "muting" the rear port because it thinks something is in the front port?  I don't know what to do! please help!

 

Edit: I will not be able to respond for a while as it is currently 4:00 am

Edited January 1, 2015 by Liammail7

[ZetZet]

Unplug the front audio from the mobo completely if it's broken.

it's this thing 

you can find it in the left bottom corner of your motherboard most likely.

[vlkn´]

I think it´s the "jack sensing" function of the mainboard, that means, it still thinks the headphones are still plugged in because the contacts were bend. Like @ZetZet said, unplug the front audio panel, that will fix it.

[Liammail7]

Unplug the front audio from the mobo completely if it's broken.

it's this thing 

you can find it in the left bottom corner of your motherboard most likely.

i know what/where it is