My sound is busted...

[ethical]

Ok, so i fell victim to a snapped headphone jack in my macbook's sound port. i tried everything to get the blighter out but it wouldnt budge (even a dab of glue on a cocktail stick which wasnt fun to do!)

so now, im thinking of how i can get my sound back.... is there a way to turn off the "auto sound cut out" that comes in when you plug headphone in? because i can live with no headphone port, but im finding it really annoying having no sound at all! Im thinking there must be a way, because i still get the annoying startup tune coming out of the speakers, so it cant be a physical cut out switch.

alternatively, will one of these work:
Creative XMod

any help much appreciated! Thanks,

Luke

 

[Andrew K.]

did you try a magnet?

 

[ethical]

did you try a magnet?

i dont have any magnets strong enough, and its stuck behind the copper clips that spring out (i always thought they were the sound cut out mechanism). and i think its made of brass, so not magnetic.

 

[cherry su]

Ok, so i fell victim to a snapped headphone jack in my macbook's sound port. i tried everything to get the blighter out but it wouldnt budge (even a dab of glue on a cocktail stick which wasnt fun to do!)

so now, im thinking of how i can get my sound back.... is there a way to turn off the "auto sound cut out" that comes in when you plug headphone in? because i can live with no headphone port, but im finding it really annoying having no sound at all! Im thinking there must be a way, because i still get the annoying startup tune coming out of the speakers, so it cant be a physical cut out switch.

alternatively, will one of these work:
Creative XMod

any help much appreciated! Thanks,

Luke

Oh snap! you probably want to take it to the apple store and get the logic board replaced if you want a functioning headphone jack. otherwise you could get a Griffin iMic

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic

 

[goldfronts]

Are you close to an Apple Store? I'd give them a call and see what they might be able to do - it's not worth the risk of further damaging your Macbook

 

[ethical]

Are you close to an Apple Store? I'd give them a call and see what they might be able to do - it's not worth the risk of further damaging your Macbook

i've read other reviews on here from people in similar positions, and they've said that apple would charge £350 for a new logic board (warrenty expired). thats half the price of a new laptop!

im not planning on trying to get it out anymore... im just wondering if there is a way to turn off the cut out mechanism, so i can at least have sound out of the speakers?

if not, will using that external USB sound device work? it apparently replaces the on board sound.

 

[ethical]

Oh snap! you probably want to take it to the apple store and get the logic board replaced if you want a functioning headphone jack. otherwise you could get a Griffin iMic

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic

the link i put in my post goes to a product just like that, made by creative. i cant afford to replace the logic board, its half the price of a new laptop.