Nooo, borken 3.5mm jack inside laptop headphone socket

Mr. Flibble

I have managed to break the nib off a 3.5mm headphone jack inside the headphone socket on my macbook. Now I can only get sound by using the broken headphones :eek:

Has anyone been poking about the innards of a macbook pro recently? Do you think I could get at it if I opened it, or would I need to soldier a new socket into the mac?

Or does anyone know where so these sort of repairs cheaply in Dublin?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

That's a tricky one, opening it up will probably void the warranty,and from what I've heard, they aren't really built for opening up.

Is it the whole connector of the jack? Is there any way you could reach it with a pliers or anything?

cormie

instead of soldering in a whole new socket, why not try solder a thin piece of wire (or the old headphone bit) to the bit inside, wait a few seconds for it to dry and see if you can pull it out?

I'd also like to know of anywhere that can fix headphone jacks. The one on my mp3 player is dodgy, if you press off it a certain way, the sounds gets distorted, good job it has a line out socket too:)

Ghost Train

while i question some of cormie's recent bebo activities, his idea sounds good, even superglue if you're careful might let you pull the plug out

Capt'n Midnight

you could break the tip off another plug to see if that works for the sound

medical forceps of some descriptions might work

a piece of wire with a 90 degree bend to slip past and then pull back - plenty of light when looking down there

Mr. Flibble

Its just the nib at the end, about 3mm long, that is stuck in it right down the bottom.

I'll try the soldier/super glue idea.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Mr. Flibble wrote:

Its just the nib at the end, about 3mm long, that is stuck in it right down the bottom.

I'll try the soldier/super glue idea.

Be careful!:D

you don't wand to end up witha permanent wire hanging out of the laptop

Mr. Flibble

Managed to get it out with superglue. Took about 10 attempts as it kept loosing its stick. Thanks for the tip (get it?

Capt'n Midnight

Congrats

tip ?

maybe a q-tip might come in handy next time
cut a notch in the end so it grab the thing

Mr. Flibble

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Congrats

tip ?

maybe a q-tip might come in handy next time
cut a notch in the end so it grab the thing

tip: 1)A helpful hint.
2) The end of a pointed or projecting object.
I got both.