Dodgy headphone socket on laptop???
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The headphone jack/socket bit on my laptops gone a bit dodgy so you have to fiddle about with it to get sound in both earphones. I think its oe of the thin contact wires on the inside that has got loose or something along those lines from plugging in and removing headphones.
Any ideas on how to get this problem fixed. I've called some companies who fix laptops and they say its not easy to find replacement parts for laptops and no doubt Sony will want something stupid to put it right so are there any other options. Can you buy any sort of USB plud in which will add headphone sockets.
The laptops a Sony Vaio VGN FS...
Thanx in advance.
Any ideas on how to get this problem fixed. I've called some companies who fix laptops and they say its not easy to find replacement parts for laptops and no doubt Sony will want something stupid to put it right so are there any other options. Can you buy any sort of USB plud in which will add headphone sockets.
The laptops a Sony Vaio VGN FS...
Thanx in advance.
Well, Sony will want your first born for parts as I doubt they'll sell the headphone socket on it's own... they'll want you to buy a whole new logic board.
Fortunatley Maplins or RS will probably sell you a headphone socket (it's a 3.5mm stereo soldered on to the PCB usually). Crack the laptop open and get busy with the iron. Might have to modify the part your using to fit but meh.
To be honest if the laptop can be got apart then any geek who can solder should be able to fix it, but it's unlikley you will find a store who'll do that (they prefer to swap boards).
If your laptop has Bluetooth you could get yourself a set of BT headphones and bypass the jack all together; obviously if you don't have built in bluetooth you'll need to by a dongle.
Naturally if the machine is still under warranty bitch at Sony.
Fortunatley Maplins or RS will probably sell you a headphone socket (it's a 3.5mm stereo soldered on to the PCB usually). Crack the laptop open and get busy with the iron. Might have to modify the part your using to fit but meh.
To be honest if the laptop can be got apart then any geek who can solder should be able to fix it, but it's unlikley you will find a store who'll do that (they prefer to swap boards).
If your laptop has Bluetooth you could get yourself a set of BT headphones and bypass the jack all together; obviously if you don't have built in bluetooth you'll need to by a dongle.
Naturally if the machine is still under warranty bitch at Sony.
itstony said:
If its that easy I might just give that a try.
Similar thing happened to my mates laptop and sony say its physical damage so its not covered under warranty.
Don't have bluetooth either so I'm thats not an option either.
Similar thing happened to my mates laptop and sony say its physical damage so its not covered under warranty.
Don't have bluetooth either so I'm thats not an option either.
Physical damage not.... so Sony sell laptops that aren't covered against component failure then (i.e. no waranty). Noted.
Yep, it's really that easy to fix, unsolder the 4 - 6 connectors on the socket (2 are just dead supports), whack new one in. Bingo.
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