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For a few months now, I've been unable to produce. Having a technical issue which has left my audio jack looking like this
What you're looking at is connector of my sub-woofer cable snapped off and stuck inside my laptop's audio jack.

My question is if a USB soundcard would be worth a shot?
And possibly, how would I go about sorting this myself? Anyone else had the same issue?

I've tried to get to the jack by opening the machine up from the bottom, but couldn't get there. I've been told that I'd have to go through the keyboard, but I've not got the tools or the faith in my understanding of computers.

Please, any help, the lack of productivity is killing me.

Looked at the ones displayed here so far, any suggestions?

Try using a small piece of metal which has a smaller diameter to your headphone jack, put some araldite on the tip of the metal and stick it to the connector. Let the araldite set and you should be able to pull the connector out.

Morrello wrote:Try using a small piece of metal which has a smaller diameter to your headphone jack, put some araldite on the tip of the metal and stick it to the connector. Let the araldite set and you should be able to pull the connector out.

Tried that, no luck

Loctite Superglue? (same method as above)
Long nose pliers?

Photo's a shade burry.

safeandsound wrote:Loctite Superglue? (same method as above)
Long nose pliers?

Photo's a shade burry.

That didn't work either, pushed it even deeper :S

My phone is a shade shit

If theres a plastic rim around the jack you could try heating a paperclip then pushing into the plastic to melt it. Failing that superglue is the best method just make you you get the strongest one possible and leave it to set for long enough. Long term though Im guessing youll be after a usb interface anyway ?

ya gota take it apart. then ya can just use ya finger to push it out ay.

!!chea

If all else fails you could use an external soundcard for your speakers.

soulshynchyld wrote:ya gota take it apart. then ya can just use ya finger to push it out ay.

!!chea

I tried that, no access to the jacks
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Resolve wrote:If all else fails you could use an external soundcard for your speakers.

benjaminC wrote:Long term though Im guessing youll be after a usb interface anyway ?

Could you recommend some?

Ive been having a look at replacing mine recently. A lot of people recommended focusrite saffire USB 6. Bout 150 gbp.

Audio 8 from Native Instruments.

would this work?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lindy-Audio-Ada ... 597&sr=8-1

probly won't work but magnet maybe? if u try it be careful though, because computers can get wiped by magnets (byebye projects)

probly won't work but magnet maybe? if u try it be careful though, because computers can get wiped by magnets (byebye projects)

No offense, but worst idea ever!

so, how do magnets work?

RmoniK wrote:so, how do magnets work?

atoms, man...atoms

gr0nt wrote:probly won't work but magnet maybe? if u try it be careful though, because computers can get wiped by magnets (byebye projects)

No offense, but worst idea ever!

not if youre like me and have 300lb magnet...o wait, thats still a bad idea








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