primexx Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 So I've noticed that often only one of my two speakers will make a sound. I believe the issue is a lose audio jack. E.g. if i press down on the plug then sound comes out of both sides. So I imagine it's just a simple loose contact that's not completely pressing up against the audio jack. The problem is that it's the mobo's built in sound card so i can't just take it out and look inside very easily. Wondering what y'all's suggestions are to do, whether it's worth trying to reach into that small space inside the slot to make the contact bend a bit more, or whether I should just buy a cheap sound card and use that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Get a professional to solder in a new output jack, or add a better sound card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 So I've noticed that often only one of my two speakers will make a sound. I believe the issue is a lose audio jack. E.g. if i press down on the plug then sound comes out of both sides. So I imagine it's just a simple loose contact that's not completely pressing up against the audio jack. The problem is that it's the mobo's built in sound card so i can't just take it out and look inside very easily. Wondering what y'all's suggestions are to do, whether it's worth trying to reach into that small space inside the slot to make the contact bend a bit more, or whether I should just buy a cheap sound card and use that? Guessing you tried other speakers/headphones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Guessing you tried other speakers/headphones? yea i've narrowed it down to just that one jack slot on the mobo. Get a professional to solder in a new output jack, or add a better sound card. hmm, with those alternatives it's probably cheaper/easier to just get a sound card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 yea i've narrowed it down to just that one jack slot on the mobo. hmm, with those alternatives it's probably cheaper/easier to just get a sound card. Ahh, ok. Soldering shouldnt be that expensive for that little part. May want to check around and see. Otherwise, sound cards are not to expensive especially if you dont need anything special. The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odom Member Posted October 24, 2014 Member Share Posted October 24, 2014 If you have multiple jacks on the motherboard, some motherboards allow you to move the output to another jack. In that case simply move the output to another one and plug it in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Ahh, ok. Soldering shouldnt be that expensive for that little part. May want to check around and see. Otherwise, sound cards are not to expensive especially if you dont need anything special. It'd probably be like 10x cheaper to replace the jack myself but I don't have the equipment anymore and it'd be a huge hassel to actually do it. Maybe I can pretend like it's an unfixable flaw and build a new computer? :p If you have multiple jacks on the motherboard, some motherboards allow you to move the output to another jack. In that case simply move the output to another one and plug it in there. There's only 1 audio-out in the back. If it's possible to make the back mic-in switch to audio-out that would be great, but I haven't heard of anything like that. Was that what you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odom Member Posted October 24, 2014 Member Share Posted October 24, 2014 Yes, that is what I meant. I do this in the Realtek software that came with mine. My motherboard has 6 jacks. Audio out, in, rear, front, etc... However you can plug headphones into any jack and a pop up comes up asking what you plugged in. Depending on your answer the motherboard will re-assign the jacks. Example: you plug the headphones into the Line in. In the popup window you selec the headphones, and it will remap the jacks, so that the Line in is now for the headphones. The Evil Overlord and Aergan 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Yes, that is what I meant. I do this in the Realtek software that came with mine. My motherboard has 6 jacks. Audio out, in, rear, front, etc... However you can plug headphones into any jack and a pop up comes up asking what you plugged in. Depending on your answer the motherboard will re-assign the jacks. Example: you plug the headphones into the Line in. In the popup window you selec the headphones, and it will remap the jacks, so that the Line in is now for the headphones. Seconded, my old rig used to do that with SoundMax drivers Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Yes, that is what I meant. I do this in the Realtek software that came with mine. My motherboard has 6 jacks. Audio out, in, rear, front, etc... However you can plug headphones into any jack and a pop up comes up asking what you plugged in. Depending on your answer the motherboard will re-assign the jacks. Example: you plug the headphones into the Line in. In the popup window you selec the headphones, and it will remap the jacks, so that the Line in is now for the headphones. My previous Dell laptop and my new GA-Z97N both did/do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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