Hello! The sound on my computer has been acting up lately. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but I have found that if I apply pressure to the area near the headphone jack, the sound comes back. When I use headphones, I have to position the headphones in the jack just the right way for the sound to come out equally from both sides, and usually when I take my fingers away it goes back. I don't know anything about computers, so I am wondering what everything thinks the problem is? Might it be the sound card? If so, how do I repair it? Thank you very very much everybody! My computer is a Gateway laptop and I have had it for a little over a year. ciao -K
2007-01-10 19:19:39 · 3 answers · asked by the_sweet_things 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
yea. either under warranty get your sound card or in this case, sound jack replaced. if your warranty is void, then you can get a pcmcia/card bus or usb type sound card.
2007-01-10 19:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by The_Amish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not the sound card. It can't be replaced on a laptop anyway since it is direct soldered onto the motherboard. The headphone jack has been jammed around, either loosening or breaking it from the motherboard. Either way, it's a $150 repair at least
2007-01-15 01:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by GAF 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the connection has become loose on the motherboard and the only way to fix this is to take off the Keyboard and seeing what is going on but i would not recommend you do that.
Take it to a repairer and get them to take a look for you.
2007-01-11 03:28:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jimmy G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋