T430 Headphone Jack Volume Very Low

Hi,
I recently got a T430 and it's pretty nice overall, but the extremely low volume coming from the headphone jack is a major thorn in the side for me. I've looked around at other solutions for people who have similar problems, and they all seem to point to either Conexant or SmartAudio and I can't find either of those anywhere on my machine.
So is there any way to remove the volume limiting on the T430? If so, what should I look for on my computer to adjust or remove that limit?
Running Windows 8 Pro, bought in May 2013. Let me know if you need any other information!
Thanks!

I am having a similar issue after purchasing a T430. The price of the machine was great, but it doesn't warrant that something as simple as audio should be so poor.
I haven't yet tried this on windows (I am primarily on Ubuntu), but attempted multiple different types of headphones and situations to get it working.
Somehow, after testing out a sound connection via a pair of PC speakers plugged into the jack and my headphones (headphones meaning the small fit-in-ear ones), the sound seems to have improved when doing a direct connection into the jack with the headphones.
Here are some caveats though:
The headphones with an "okayish" sound have 3 black rings (otherwise known as 3-pin).
I did not plug the 3-pin in completely and left 1 pin slightly out (which improved the sound somehow)
The volume at which the sound is decent (compared to an older machine where 20% was quite high on Ubuntu), this one is now at 50%
I also tested out a pair of earphones (the big ones) and I managed to get some serious "bass" at a volume of 80+% and the same jack technique where it is not fully in.
I suspect (1 or more of) 3 things:
The actual soundcard provided with the T430 is low quality
The soundcard on some of the machines (like mines and the OP) is damaged
The soundcard requires a special jack or filtering device (as mentioned on some of the other search results)
I will be starting my own thread to finally resolve this sound issue that seems to plague the T4xx line. Hopefully we can (as a community) diagnose the real issue (which I suspect is a low-grade soundcard) and have users finally know what is wrong and what can/can't be done to fix it.

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