My darned 12 year old son broke off the male speaker plug into the receptacle.?

Question

The speaker plug is broke off at the tip and the tip remains in the port. WHAT TO DO?

Answer 1

if your system is a desktop box, you should be able to open the case and tease it out from the inside. turn off and unplug your system. discharge any static you carry to a ground ,or better yet, use a wrist strap. open the case. if the sound plug is mounted on a card, remove the card with a small Philips driver, or unclamp it as appropriate to your system, try pushing/teasing the prod out with a toothpick from the inside. if the connector is a solid block , look carefully at the card and see if there is a grommet or ring nut you can unscrew to get at it. some cards have a mount plate that can be unscrewed, and may provide just enough extra space to be able to extract it with a pair of needle-nose pliers or such. Be gentile, and if all else fails, a electronics repair person can probably desolder the connector and replace it on the card.