I've just recently installed Vista and since the install I've been required to use the Blue connect(instead of Green) on rear of PC. No sound when using Green. In attempting to fix this I've lost but all of the sound. I've tried everything that I can think of but obviously not everything there is. If I had been running only Vista I could have lived with this, but I've been running Linux Mint for a few days and to receive sound there, I must connect to the Green. Yea! great sound with Mint and just a little scratching on Vista. I didn't want to have to pull out my PC to change from Blue to Green and vice versa, so now this is what I have. I've checked Device Manager, Control Panel and everything else I can think of and all (to me )appears OK.
When I check the Test Buttons(Control Manager) I do get a faint sound, but very faint. I've tried a few tunes with different players but very faint and scratchy. I've downloaded new drivers for everything I could find,but most often I'm told that I have the latest drivers. In order to receive even a scratching now (Vista), I must connect to the green. Like I mentioned above, previously I had to use the Blue?. So, I'm told all devices are working properly but obviously they're not.

Anyway,I've attached a few png's just to identify what I have and what I've checked. And, I sure would appreciate your thoughts on this. Thks, overthehill

btw, just for more info. and for comparison to the  png's , here's what I see when checking "Sound Preferences" in Mint.
3 choices. All 3 work fine.
               
                        Hardware
AK5370 A/D Converter
1 input
Analog Mono Input
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High Definition Audio Controller
1 Output
Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output
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Internal Audio
1 Output / 1 Input
Analog Stereo Duplex
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[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Here are the other png's. overthehill

[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Any errors in device manager? Quote from: Allan on April 20, 2011, 05:38:12 AM

Any errors in device manager?

Doing some research on your behalf (using "wrong speaker output when using vista") i found quite a number of comments and suggestions re your situation. here is one that seemed to have promise although it is using different hardware/software but may still have application.


 
"jaykay  Apr 27, 2010 4:27pm BST
This worked on a Fujitsu Amilo PC after a new DVD Drive installed and running Vista Home premium 32 bit. No sound was coming out of the same pair of speakers used before the repair but all the system checks showed that Realtek was working. So I contacted the repair company and this was the fix:

Open Realtek manager then plug your speaker lead into the front headphone socket and your speakers should start working. Obviously you need a CD playing, and at the same time an info box will pop up. This box will show a list of line in/line outs and have a tick against the Headphone entry. This proves that Realtek is working. If it's still not working then I can't help you, but if it is:

Unplug the speaker lead and plug into the the Green audio connection at the rear. Your speakers will probably not work but this will bring up the info box again and there will be a tick against the Rear Speaker entry. Untick and then tick the Front Speaker entry, click OK, and your speakers should now work.

This confusing (to me) setup is because Realtek is configured for surround sound but getting the information seems difficult if you don't use and so are not used to surround sound. Obviously this has only been used for a pair of speakers but if you are having similar problems with surround sound this might help."
 There were very many contributors to the search parameter i chose so you might want to do the same search and see if you find something that will work for you.truenorth

That was the same conclusion i came to when doing the research. However it should be able to be overcome. Perhaps as a non priority thing when no other life's travails are in evidence and boredom is encroaching you can devote small amounts of time to see if the challenge can be overcome. All of this acknowledging that we all have only limited time on the clock of life truenorth
P.S. I am NOT convinced that the issue is because you have MINT installed--it seems to be more a factor of Vista.

Many users, myself included, have problems with sound card drivers Realtek for Windows Vista. Most often the problem is that you can't hear the audio in Vista, no matter what. There are many sound cards based on Realtek chipset Ac ' 97 and this can be a nightmare to install Vista.Any body tell me how to solve this problem.
Thank's in advance.