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    Audio Jack Problems

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Zafinar, May 8, 2012.

  1. Zafinar

    Zafinar Newbie

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    Right now, My primary audio jack has stopped outputting sound to my headphones and everything else. It jiggles around in the interior, I have no Idea how it fell apart after 8 months of use.

    There are three jacks next to it, one is the mic input jack, and the other two are really strange, I was wondering if I could re-purpose them. The first Is a jack which contains an arrow which continually intersects a center line at right angles. There's a red laser-like glow coming out of this jack.
    The second one looks like an antenna broadcasting radio signals, or a tie fighter, whichever way you look at it.

    Also is there a way I could repair this problem in the near future?
     
    Zafinar, May 8, 2012
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  2. E.Blar

    E.Blar Notebook Deity

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    What model do you have? If you've had it for 8 months it should still be under warranty.
    Those "really strange" jacks... one is an S/PDIF port (optical), and the other is a line-in. The four of them are re-taskable for 5.1 surround sound audio out.
     
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  3. Zafinar

    Zafinar Newbie

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    I have an Np8130.
    Is there a guide to re tasking them. When I use the HD audio manager and set it to 5.1 it just gives me a part of the audio spectrum.
     
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  4. b0b1man

    b0b1man Notebook Deity

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    Best solution - take the laptop to be serviced. It might get expensive....
    Semi-solution: buy a cheap stereo or 5.1 usb sound card.
     
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  5. Zafinar

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  6. M3ezu

    M3ezu Notebook Consultant

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    Fixed ;) The onboard audio jack was never anything special to begin with, even a cheap usb soundcard will serve much better. (quick comparison- my 5 years old Ipad puts out better sound than the audio jack in clevo p150hm)
     
    M3ezu, May 8, 2012
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