USB Stops Earbuds from Working

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USB Stops Earbuds from Working

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Oftentimes when I plug in a USB or activate a USB device, the audio jack on my computer stops working. For example, a few days ago I was plugging a backup hard drive to my computer (getting stuff from a backup of a computer earlier), and when I plugged it into the USB slot, my audio jack for my earbuds suddenly stopped working.

I was listening to music in WMP, and when I plugged in my earbuds the song would pause, and when I'd unplug the earbuds the song would resume. If I hit "play" while the earbuds were in, the song would partially play through my laptop's speakers.

A few minutes ago, I turned on a wireless xbox 360 controller (I had a wireless receiver plugged into a USB slot on my laptop), and that produced the same problem.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas on how to fix it?
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