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    Acer Aspire 1692 Audio Jack Issue

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bodhisattva, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. bodhisattva

    bodhisattva Newbie

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    Hey!

    I just got an Acer Aspire 1692 from a friend of mine for 50€. I had to buy a charger and DVD drive. Not a bad deal, in my perspective since it's going to my sister that wants a laptop to check her mail and surf the web.

    What I didn't know is that there is a jack in the audio output hole. Does anyone knows how to open the Aspire in order to access the audio holes?

    Thank you very much
     
    bodhisattva, Jul 3, 2008
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Actually you do not need to take the laptop apart.

    First, remove the harddrive and optical drive bays.
    Then get a fine point x-acto blade and try removing the jack that way.
    Please make sure that you remove the battery and ac power source before doing this.
    If this does not work,
    I recommend getting strong neodyium earth magnets, which will pull that jack right out of the port.
    It is worth a shot, cause if you take the whole system apart you will see that the port on the motherboard does not have a whole on the end, so you cant push it from the inside out

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 3, 2008
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