Ok I belive this topic should go under hardware, if I am wrong please advise me of where it should go.

I have two ISSUES with my audio card I need help with
1st) My built in SPEAKERS are my Default sound source, when I plug head phones into the head phone jack or a HDMI cable into the HDMI port on the computer and my HDTV the computer will not automatically switch to using that sound option, I have to OPEN up Control Panel>Sound and change the default sound option to the sound type I want to use, is there a way I can set this to automatically switch when I plug in a cable to another output?

2nd) When I am playing a game or watching a video online using my built in speakers as my Default sound source then I decide to plug in a pair of head phones the sound will not switch, it will only play through the built in spekers, I have to close the program, go to Control Panel>Sound change my Default sound source to head phones then restart the game or movie. I do believe these PROBLEMS are basically the same.

I have a Gateway laptop
Vista 32-bit OS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS video card
I could not find the actual name of the sound card in DEVICE Manager so if this is needed please advise me on howto get this information

Thanksyou can go here http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 and download a free Everest scanner that will tell you the name etc of everything on your computer.truenorthI used the software you suggested and this is the resultes:

I Clicked The MULTIMEDIA Tab:

Under Windows Audio:
midi-out.0          Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
mixer.0               Speakers (High Definition Audio
mixer.1               Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (
mixer.2               Digital Output Device (HDMI)
mixer.3               Microphone (High Definition Aud
mixer.4               Microphone (High Definition Aud
wave-in.0           Microphone (High Definition Aud
wave-in.1           Microphone (High Definition Aud
wave-out.0         Speakers (High Definition Audio
wave-out.1         Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (
wave-out.2         Digital Output Device (HDMI)
Under PCI/PnP Audio:
High Definition Audio Controller (NoDB)           Type: PCI