headphone jack problem

i have an a8js
about an hour ago, my headphone jack screwed up
when headphones are plugged in, only the right ear plays music
i have tried two different headphones, both had same results
i tried them in another jack and they worked fine
when the headphones are not fully plugged in, they both play music (the volume is quieter though)
this problem has never happened before
the speakers work fine
anyone else have this problem? any suggestions?

thanks in advance

 

Sounds like some wiring has gone bad inside of the PC. I would say check your mixer settings, but you said your speakers work fine. Just double check it anyway, make sure you don't have the volume control's balance panned all the way to the right.

If thats not the problem, then an RMA is probably your only option since fixing this yourself is not really possible.

 

Could be a driver issue... I've seen the controller boards go bad... or the switch that turns off the onboard speakers... but never something like this... unless of course something physically happened to the jack.

It'd be a first for me, but it certainly doesn't mean it's impossible.

 

I've seen it happen on several laptops. Some of us use the headphone port way more than it was meant to be used. Constant plugging in and out of the port could easily loosen the fragile jack that is simply soldered on to the motherboard. I've personally had this issue with an Acer and a Toshiba in the past.

Now what I do is to have a small 12in headphone extension cord constantly plugged into the jack of the laptop, and just plug/unplug my headphone/speakers into/out of the extension cord instead of the laptop itself. This way, my laptop's jack isn't abused. If you use that jack a lot, consider doing something similar.