It's not that uncommon for the sound jack on the computer to fail. If that's the case, you could easily hear only one side of the speaker output. An external USB sound card dongle should allow the earphones to work correctly.
Hope this helps.
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Hello, I have an issue with my computer where sound would only come out for my right side but not my left side of earphones. I use the Sony MDREX15AP as well as a mic splitter.
I have tried updating sound drivers but that did not do anything.
I do not think my problem is my earphones or splitter. I experimented with different earphones, and they also had the same problem. My mic would work with my phone perfectly fine. I tried putting my mic into only the audio jack without the splitter, and I still had the same problem, so I think that rules out my mic splitter.
Am not sure if my problem is hardware, I tried shoving in the splitter/mic and nothing works. If my splitter is half in, it'll play out my left side but not my right. I don't ever remove my splitter, it's been in my computer for pretty much a year now.
What should I do?
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