headphone socket broken HELP!

**Moir** · 11-10-2003

Anyone know of any cheap remedies for a broken headphone socket, or where I can get a new one. Using the standard speakers on my toshiba laptop to make music is a nightmare

**dansgold** · 11-10-2003

[list=1][*]Open case.[*]Desolder and remove broken headphone "socket"[*]Take boken part to Radio Shack. Say "I need on of these".[*]Solder in new "socket"[*]Close case[/list=1]

**Paul Rez** · 11-11-2003

man, those are skillz, i always wanted to study electrical engineering so i could build my own synths and such, and fix stuff for free

**Moir** · 11-11-2003

Mission

**dansgold** · 11-11-2003

Originally posted by Paul Rez
man, those are skillz, i always wanted to study electrical engineering so i could build my own synths and such, and fix stuff for free

It ain't that big of a deal, and it ceratinly doesn't require an EE degree. What piece of equipment has the broken "socket"?

**Moir** · 11-11-2003

I use an adaptor to wire my laptop to my system, over months of drug fuelled music making the adaptor has taken some hits. Resulting in only one side of the headphones working. You can get both headphones to work only when the socket is plugged half way in. The socket is located under the floppy drive and next to an infra red 'thing'.