Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

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Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by Dystinkt » Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:08 am

My headphone socket on my laptops completely screwed on my laptop, i plug it in and all i get is a really reverby and bassless sound of whatever tune i want to hear, can anyone help me fix or find the problem?

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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by dickman69 » Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:30 am

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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by ill mindset » Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:29 am

An external soundcard would fix your problem. It's probably on your gear-to-buy list already

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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by Terpit » Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:59 am

rayman612 wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SD-CM-UAUD-A ... rid_pt_0_1

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i have like 5 of these
Thats amazing, might get one
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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by DrastikMeazures » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:50 am

There's a burnishing tool you can get that looks just like a headphone jack. You plug it in, twist it around a few times, and it cleans the socket. Might help.

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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by Dystinkt » Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:59 pm

thanks for the advice guys, iv been saving up to get the focusrite saffire for a while but ill have to get a cheap one for the time being it seems

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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by Sexual_Chocolate » Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:03 pm

rayman612 wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SD-CM-UAUD-A ... rid_pt_0_1

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i have like 5 of these
this.
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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by RvCKvs » Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:25 am

^If you dont feel like waiting for it to ship you can go pick one up from best buy or frys for like 20$
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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by Dystinkt » Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:54 am

RvCKvs wrote:^If you dont feel like waiting for it to ship you can go pick one up from best buy or frys for like 20$
im in the uk pal

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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by Sexual_Chocolate » Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:55 am

should be able to pick one up from any electronic store tbh...
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Re: Headphone jacks fucked on laptop, anyone able to help?

Post by dickman69 » Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:31 pm

u could prob get it off amazon w/ like rush shipping for less than any electronic stores

those places are all rip offs
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