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Manual Headphone - speaker switch

Last answer on Mar 7, 2009 6:15:35 pm GMT fizzzy, on Dec 27, 2008 4:21:23 pm GMT 
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Hello, the inside of my headphone jack appears to be bent in a way that my computer registers always having headphones in even when they are not. This results in no sound coming out of my speakers. I was wondering if there was a way to manually set sound to come out of the speakers even if the computer registers headphones being plugged in, since manually unbending something inside of a headphone plug might be difficult... :/

thanks for the help!

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xpcman, on Dec 27, 2008 5:08:55 pm GMT

Sorry it is a mechanical switch inside the headphone jack - no software involved.

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 pimpachu, on Mar 7, 2009 6:15:35 pm GMT
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There are 4 leads (wires) coming out of headphone jack: gnd, left, right and detect. Your detect line is bent. Un solder this lead, and connect a switch between this lead and the wire that it connects to. you can pick out a nice toggle switch or push button switch from radioshack for between 3 and 5 $. Please note: your headphone jack may have 5 wires - 2 for detect, adjust instructions accordingly.

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