[Vanhackspace] Replace 1/8" audio jack on laptop

[David Eaman]

Fred,
    You'll definitely have to take the notebook apart to get at the 
audio jack.  If the jack is shorting the L & R pins together to give you 
mono, it's probably quite loose at this point and will have to be 
de-soldered from the board and replaced but I hope that the actual board 
traces aren't broken!   If you've never soldered a mainboard before, 
take it REAL easy and don't generate any excessive heat while doing it!  
You might want to use some Solder-Wick to suck up the excess solder so 
that the jack will fall away from the board easily after de-soldering.  
Just clean up any mess after you're done.
 I expect that the jack is a standard square plastic-cased jack (one 
hopes...) which you can pick up at Lee's Electronics on Main Street & 
28th Ave., (if you're in Vancouver) or possibly at Main Electronics, a 
few doors to the south of Lee's.  It shouldn't cost more than a few 
dollars and they'll probably sell them in packs of 2 and to be safe, be 
sure to take the jack into the store so that they can see it and match 
it up properly.

Good Luck
David Eaman

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Dave Dillabough wrote:
> Have you taken the laptop apart and looked at it? Often it is just the
> solder connection to the jack that causes the intermittent audio and
> resoldering the jack is all that is need to repair the problem.
>
> On Sun, December 27, 2009 6:51 pm, Fred Leitz wrote:
>   
>> I was wondering if anyone has any advice for replacing the audio jack
>> on an Acer laptop, or other hacks that may allow it to work correctly.
>> The problem is the plug has grown loose with wear and the audio cuts
>> in and out from stereo to mono.
>>
>> Any advice is appreciated everything from sourcing / identifying the
>> connector to desoldering / soldering it. Alternatively, there are
>> three other jacks on the laptop so rerouting the signal either via
>> software or hardware is also an option if it would prove easier.
>>
>> It's an Acer Aspire 6935 on the off chance that someone knows the part I
>> need.
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