So I have the problem that seems to plague mostly the MacBook Pro users where my headphone port appears to think there is an optical cable in there, so it is stuck on Digital-Optical output. Not even an option for built in speakers. I can plug in headphones/speakers and they work fine. I have read all the forums about using toothpick, pin, q-tip (with and without alcohol), canned air, the works. I have tried them all. I plugged in and unplugged my headphones at least 50 times, but still no joy. Only for a split second with a pin at a certain angle did the internal speakers come on, then back to nothing. This leads me to believe they are working fine (plus, it Chimes on startup).
I am pretty tech so I decided to open her up and was expecting to have to pull the logic board to get a better angle to possibly clean the port better. To my surprise I found that the two audio ports (Mic and Headphone) are both fed by a detachable cable on the logic board! This is great news as I shouldn't have to replace the logic board now if I cannot fix the port.
Well, I did some more attempts at getting it to work, and still nothing. I decided to simply unplug the cable from the logic board and see if it would force the Mac to use built in speakers. Unfortunately, when it booted, there was still no option for Built-In speakers. At this point, I decided it is either a cable/port issue, or a more serious logic board issue. Given that I was able to get them to work for a second while testing/cleaning, and that the boot Chime still works, I went ahead and ordered a replacement cable (below).
So basically, I am writing all this for two things.
1) Has anyone fixed this issue with a cable swap before?
2) So future people can read this who may have this issue, and they will (soon) see if the cable swap worked for me as ALL other options have failed me.
Side note: this is on a fresh OS X install, and it was happening BEFORE the reformat as well.
I am pretty tech so I decided to open her up and was expecting to have to pull the logic board to get a better angle to possibly clean the port better. To my surprise I found that the two audio ports (Mic and Headphone) are both fed by a detachable cable on the logic board! This is great news as I shouldn't have to replace the logic board now if I cannot fix the port.
Well, I did some more attempts at getting it to work, and still nothing. I decided to simply unplug the cable from the logic board and see if it would force the Mac to use built in speakers. Unfortunately, when it booted, there was still no option for Built-In speakers. At this point, I decided it is either a cable/port issue, or a more serious logic board issue. Given that I was able to get them to work for a second while testing/cleaning, and that the boot Chime still works, I went ahead and ordered a replacement cable (below).
So basically, I am writing all this for two things.
1) Has anyone fixed this issue with a cable swap before?
2) So future people can read this who may have this issue, and they will (soon) see if the cable swap worked for me as ALL other options have failed me.
Side note: this is on a fresh OS X install, and it was happening BEFORE the reformat as well.
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