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headphone socket replacement, need advice!

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ricrhys

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May 22, 2008
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I have recently brought this on ebay

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB11.0061.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.4f12
Serial Number (system): 4**********M
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CBCD9FFB
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled


After a few days of having it @ home I put a film on my TV using my mac's display port, and its 3.5mm jack for the audio. This was when the problem started, the socket felt quite loose when i put it in and got audio from the left side only, the seller is claiming it was working when she sent it.

So what to do, Im not sure where i stand with ebay and would prefer just to get it sorted, I dont have the money to send it to apple, seeing as what they recommend would be a new logic board, ouch! people have suggested putting foil in, surely if too much is put in it will short the circuit or prevent the jack going in properly.

I was thinking of removing the logic board and ordering a new jack socket then soldering it in place, then a thought struck me, is the audio in socket identical to the audio out socket, i never use audio in, ever. I was thinking i could swap the two, they look identical inside and out, and both take identical jack's, any ideas if this would work. My friends dad is a ninja on the solder, he knocks up pcb's all the time, he may know just by looking but i cant get it to him yet.

sorry for the long post

cheers
ric
 
ok

cheers for the quick reply, how will the mac know that the audio is to go out the usb port?
 
ricrhys said:
I have recently brought this on ebay

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB11.0061.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.4f12
Serial Number (system): 4**********M
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CBCD9FFB
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled


After a few days of having it @ home I put a film on my TV using my mac's display port, and its 3.5mm jack for the audio. This was when the problem started, the socket felt quite loose when i put it in and got audio from the left side only, the seller is claiming it was working when she sent it.

So what to do, Im not sure where i stand with ebay and would prefer just to get it sorted, I dont have the money to send it to apple, seeing as what they recommend would be a new logic board, ouch! people have suggested putting foil in, surely if too much is put in it will short the circuit or prevent the jack going in properly.

I was thinking of removing the logic board and ordering a new jack socket then soldering it in place, then a thought struck me, is the audio in socket identical to the audio out socket, i never use audio in, ever. I was thinking i could swap the two, they look identical inside and out, and both take identical jack's, any ideas if this would work. My friends dad is a ninja on the solder, he knocks up pcb's all the time, he may know just by looking but i cant get it to him yet.

sorry for the long post

cheers
ric
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i can't see any reason you couldn't swap the audio sockets
 
I think id rather do that

I think ill give swapping them over a try.
 
Socket may just need a drop of solder to hold it back In place may not need to even swap it.
 
I'll be getting it done on sun, Providing saturday night isn't too large, illl let you know if it works.
 
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