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    My headphone jack broke off and I have no sound now..

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Chronic202, Apr 16, 2009.

  1. Chronic202

    Chronic202 Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys, my dell 9300 headphone jack completely broke off somehow.

    I have no sound whatsoever... Any ideas???

    Maybe get a USB thing? sound card??

    On a side note, my screen is really loose too..

    Thanks for the help.
     

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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Well, if you have no sound whatsoever, not even from internal speakers, you may have some other issue as well.
    If you do, you might be able to re-route the audio to the microphone jack, some systems support this. If not...

    Options:
    -Solder a new jack on
    -USB sound card
    -PCMCIA sound card
     
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  3. Chronic202

    Chronic202 Notebook Guru

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    Thanks, The part was loose for a while, I would have to move it around to get sound to work so i think this is directly related to no sound.
    What option would you do? Im not sure about soldering...
     
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    Kind of an ambiguous question, I take really good care of my things and it would never have gotten to that point... but let's say it did.
    I'd solder on a new jack - but I have a background in soldering. In fact, soldering onto laptop motherboards is part of what I do for a living, so I'd have no problem with it.

    For a regular end user? I'd probably go USB because it's cheap and easy.
     
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    You could always get a set of USB Headphones - I have a pair of "Microsoft Lifechat" headphones that are USB and they work and sound great.
     
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    venkateshkumar99 Notebook Guru

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    Get one of these: It only costs ~4USD and ships free.
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5831

    I am using one for my desktop whose onboard audio died a few years ago. Working since the past 1.5 years with out any issue.
     
    venkateshkumar99, Apr 18, 2009
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    Or you can get one of the Creative Xi-Fi cards to go in your side expansion slot.
     
    tmaxxtim, Apr 19, 2009
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