lammert
msg:4407314 | 3:57 pm on Jan 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Some sockets for external speakers disconnects the internal speakers when a plug is inserted. It could be that this small piece of metal inside the socket has been bent and doesn't make the connection anymore when the plug is removed from the socket.
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tonynoriega
msg:4407325 | 4:24 pm on Jan 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Crap...I figured it was something dumb like that...even a re-format and re-install couldnt fix that...
Good heavens... now I have to take it to Worst Buy and get it fixed....
Under warranty still... Bought this thing in 2005 ish.. been through hell and back with this thing..
It maxes out at 1GB RAM, if that tells you anything about how old it is...weighs like 5lbs...
I am hoping that this is the time where they say "we dont support replacement parts for this model anymore, we are going to replace it with something comparable.."
We'll see.
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J_RaD
msg:4407361 | 5:39 pm on Jan 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
yea that wouldn't be a replacement part anyway, they'd have to solider the jack off the main board and replace it.
those folks and worst buy have problems just handling a screwdriver.
since you are taking it in just get a little rough with it, plug a headphone in and wiggle it around, plug it in and out solid a few times see if it finally pops back out. Could even try jamming a paper clip around in there... really nothing to lose at this point.
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tonynoriega
msg:4407378 | 6:25 pm on Jan 16, 2012 (gmt 0) |
True...Ill give it another few rounds today and maybe I will even drop that damn thing.
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J_RaD
msg:4408583 | 4:08 pm on Jan 19, 2012 (gmt 0) |
remove the HD before you go sending it down the stairs.
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Robert Charlton
msg:4412967 | 5:05 am on Feb 1, 2012 (gmt 0) |
My first take as I read your post is that it's that something inside the headphone jack is not returning to full contact position when you remove the phone plugs.
What's been working like magic for me in all sorts of electro-mechanical situations like this is some "Super Contact Cleaner" I bought a few years ago at a local electronics parts store (sadly, a dying institution), not at Radio Shack. The brand I have is MG Chemicals, and the stuff is marked as extremely dangerous and very flammable. Somehow, it's different from ordinary contact cleaner I've used. Try not to inhale any of it when you spray. Use it outside if you can.
I'd spray it into the socket and then plug and unplug the headphone jack a bunch of times. I've also used it to fix situations in which Firewire or USB plugs/sockets aren't providing adequate signal, and for cleaning up PCI slots on motherboards when things aren't working right.
For me, it's become the modern equivalent of kicking something to make it work. ;)
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tonynoriega
msg:4413116 | 4:17 pm on Feb 1, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Thanks @RobertCharlton... Ill give that a shot... I also have some electrical component cleaner I used to use for my Mustang on the MAF when I put a new intake kit on it... maybe that will jar something loose...
It seems like its working when it feels like it... I may have to suck it up soon and take it to WorstBuy and take a gamble...
oysh...
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