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faulty headphone socket on laptop

aidanki · 2013-03-23 15:52:37

headphone socket on my laptop getting faulty how do I replace it is it a DIY job or will I need to take laptop to a PC shop?

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23-03-2013 4:52pm

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aidanki

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headphone socket on my laptop getting faulty

how do I replace it is it a DIY job or will I need to take laptop to a PC shop?

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#2 23-03-2013 5:07pm
Torqay

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It's a soldering job. If repair is too expensive, maybe some Mini USB audio adapter will do? Something like this, $15 on ebay.

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#3 24-04-2013 12:19am
aidanki

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one question, if I get one of those when I plug in my headphones will it cut off the laptop speakers same as plugging into the regular headphone socket?

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#4 24-04-2013 1:19am
riclad

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http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-PC-Sound-and-Audio-e-g-Windows-8/can-I-disable-broken-headphone-jack-and-get-sound-to/td-p/1216057

or go to control panel, audio, set audio out from headphones, to zero volume.

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#5 25-04-2013 10:03am
HelpWithIT

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Have you tried rolling back the Audio drivers?? I had a laptop in with same problem during week and it was only a driver issue, probably worth checking it out

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