What could be causing this audio issue?

[connors979]

Recently, my wired headset (HyperX Cloud Alpha) stopped being detected by my PC (Dell G15). The headset is a little over a year old, so it should not be defective this early in it's life. It would show as disconnected while it was plugged in to the audio jack. At this point, I tried:- Restarting the PC- Unplugging and plugging back in the headset and all other devices- Cleaning out the audio jack with alcohol on a Q-Tip- Uninstalling and reinstalling my Realtek audio driver- Reverting my Realtek driver to an older version- Plugging the headset into a different PC: It worked perfectly fine- Co

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