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Laptop headphone socket
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:07 pm
by Caravan Ray
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:38 pm
by ken
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
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:02 am
by jb
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:25 am
by Caravan Ray
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)
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:19 am
by jb
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:48 pm
by Caravan Ray
that's a good idea - I didn't realise they existed
I'll keep my eye out for some - thanks!