Does your Head phones work? Also your profile states you are running Windows XP and you posted in a Windows Vista/7 forum. Which Windows do you have?

 

I have windows 7 ultimate. Yes they work, but my front jacks do not. My headphones are currently plugged in the rear green jack, realtek asked me what type of device they are and i selected headphones, however, windows still detects them as Speakers.

 

Tell use the make and model of your machine please.

 

Custom machine.

Specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2x 2,53 Ghz (Stock clock)
XFX AMD Radeon HD 6950 XXX Edition 1GB (Stock clocks)
Intel DG33BU Motherboard
Realtek HD Audio ALC888
3GB DDR2-400 RAM
750W Energon PSU

 

Is there a cable for the jack interface in the front of your tower that is not plugged in?

Also go to http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19472&ProdId=2780&lang=eng and update your audio drivers but

first try this...
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=10884&ProdId=2780&lang=eng
Install chipset drivers

 

Front panel jacks don't work, only frontal usb clots do. I'm using rear jacks and i never had this problem on XP as i could select which type of device is plugged in. I installed the drivers you suggested, Selected Headphones, but windows still shows speakers.

 

Then it must be a clitch in Windows 7. My Girlfriend and I has the same issue but the audio works fine.


Look into your Audio settings software Might be Reltech audio and see if there is back and front jack controls.

 

In the RealTek Audio Manager, double click the Yellow Folder in the Right panel, and put a check box in Disable front panel jack detection. This will enable the Front Jacks. You then can put the headphones in the front and you can right click the front jack in that same panel and choose Connector Retasking to reassign it for headphones.

 

This works but only with realtek, in windows, the device is still shown as speakers. Also sometimes i get realtek 2nd output which has headphones icon, but every effect for it is the same

 

Do you have the Realtek software installed the audio control software?