Loss Of Headphone Output G4 PPC 400 Mhz

[harcosparky]

This is an older G4 Powermac 400mhz CPU

When playing a song in iTunes, the internal speaker works fine.

When a headphone ( we tested the headphone ) the internal speaker shuts off and there is no audio in the headphones.

In SYSTEM PREFERENCES when looking at AUDIO/Output the indicators switched from Internal Speaker to Headphones so it seems to sense a headphone was plugged in.

According to the user it was working and just stopped.

Any help would be appreciated.

THANKS

 

[Blue Velvet]

Headphone jack i.e. hardware, sounds busted. Internal pins bent out of shape.

 

[harcosparky]

I thought about that, but in between the time it was working and stopped nothing was unplugged or plugged in.

I eve tried to slowly insert the headphone plug to see if I hear any sound at all. Nothing heard, and the plug felt normal when inserted.

If I cannot find a simple answer I may tear into it and swap out the jack, I have a dead logic board from another old G4 I can salvage from!

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

Craigslist is littered with 350-450mhz G4s for $25 and under. That system, you're probably just better off picking up another working one. I don't think that's worth the time to desolder and solder another speaker port on there when it could very well just be the motherboard itself that's going.

 

[harcosparky]

Craigslist is littered with 350-450mhz G4s for $25 and under. That system, you're probably just better off picking up another working one. I don't think that's worth the time to desolder and solder another speaker port on there when it could very well just be the motherboard itself that's going.

Thanks - we've been watching the local Craigs List. it seem there are many of them around when you don't want one, but when you do they disappear!