Sound Does Not Work

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I plugged in my headphones last night to listen to some music, but
when I unplugged them, I found that my speakers stopped working. I'm
currently using a Dell Inspiron e1505, with Windows XP Media Edition
installed. I've checked all the drivers and nothing's on mute, so I'm
a little stuck on what might be the problem. I'm hoping it's not a
hardware problem though.

When I plug in my headphones again, the sound resumes, so I'm really
not quite sure where I went wrong.

 

[Elmo]

I plugged in my headphones last night to listen to some music, but
when I unplugged them, I found that my speakers stopped working. I'm
currently using a Dell Inspiron e1505, with Windows XP Media Edition
installed. I've checked all the drivers and nothing's on mute, so I'm
a little stuck on what might be the problem. I'm hoping it's not a
hardware problem though.

When I plug in my headphones again, the sound resumes, so I'm really
not quite sure where I went wrong.

When you insert the headphones, they disconnect the speakers by moving a
spring contact away from its resting position against another contact.
It reads to me like the contact was bent or broken and no longer returns
to its contact position.

 

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When you insert the headphones, they disconnect the speakers by moving a
spring contact away from its resting position against another contact.
It reads to me like the contact was bent or broken and no longer returns
to its contact position.

Yup, I think that is the problem. I contacted Dell tonight, and they
couldn't fix it either, so they're sending a guy over to replace the
speakers. I'm still under warranty so... Thanks for the description
though, I think I'll keep away from using headphones from now on...