Laptop headphone socket

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:07 pm

I got a Toshiba laptop, and I seem to have buggered up the headphone socket.

It used to work - then it would only work if I jiggled it, then I could only get one speaker to work when I jiggled it - now I pretty much can't get it to work at all no matter how much I jiggle it.

Anyone know anything about this sort of thing? Is it easily remedied - or does it mean a new soundcard or something?

Ta.

ken · Post by **ken** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:38 pm

possibly the jack has come unsoldered from the circuit board. Easy to remedy if you can open up the laptop and use a soldering iron.

Ken

Post by jb » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:02 am

Jiggling will contribute to your problems, you know, because when you jiggle you're kind of loosening the connection *more*. So it'll work for a while, but after enough jiggling it'll just stop working all together since you've jiggled the connection right apart.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:25 am

Yeah - I think I've over jiggled.

Shame - it's my work computer - I don't think my boss will fork out for repairs just so I can sit around in the office listening to songfights and fiddling about with Fruity Loops. He's funny like that - he expects me to work. I may have to find a new job.

(and Ken - you weren't to know, but the idea of me trying to fix anything - let alone poking around a laptop with a soldering iron - is quite ridiculous. Although I am an engineer by profession - when it comes to technical-type things, I'm as practical as tits on a bull)

Post by jb » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:19 am

Get a pair of USB headphones.
http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews/ezonicsesound/

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:48 pm

jb wrote:Get a pair of USB headphones.
http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews/ezonicsesound/

that's a good idea - I didn't realise they existed

I'll keep my eye out for some - thanks!