switching off earphone output

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hiya, ok so essentially i have an 8 month old toshiba equium laptop,
and during some drunken escapades i hapend to acidentally remove the
arphone (green socket) and now that this has happened my laptop is undr
the believe that there are earphones plugged into the laptop, and now
the speakers will not bplay sounds as a result, i would like to
dissable the headphones be it through drivers or other means to listen
to sound through the laptop speakers
 
lappybreaker! said:
hiya, ok so essentially i have an 8 month old toshiba equium laptop,
and during some drunken escapades i hapend to acidentally remove the
arphone (green socket) and now that this has happened my laptop is undr
the believe that there are earphones plugged into the laptop, and now
the speakers will not bplay sounds as a result, i would like to
dissable the headphones be it through drivers or other means to listen
to sound through the laptop speakers
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Are you saying that the earphone's plug broke off in the jack on the laptop?
These jacks are of a switching type, and physically send the signal to the
earphones or the speaker based on the presence of a plug. You usually
can't bypass this with drivers, you need to physically fix the jack. This
means opening the case, and that may mean a service call particularly since
at 8 months it's probably under warranty.

HTH
-pk
 
The reason is that jack actually contains sort of a switch to cut off the
internal speakers when something is plugged in to it. If the jack is no
longer physically attached to the laptop, then you've lost an electrical
connection in the speaker wiring, there is no way to fix it other than
replacing the jack. No amount of software can overcome a broken physical
connection.
 
Dave said:
The reason is that jack actually contains sort of a switch to cut off the
internal speakers when something is plugged in to it. If the jack is no
longer physically attached to the laptop, then you've lost an electrical
connection in the speaker wiring, there is no way to fix it other than
replacing the jack. No amount of software can overcome a broken physical
connection.
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Dave said:
The reason is that jack actually contains sort of a switch to cut off the
internal speakers when something is plugged in to it. If the jack is no
longer physically attached to the laptop, then you've lost an electrical
connection in the speaker wiring, there is no way to fix it other than
replacing the jack. No amount of software can overcome a broken physical
connection.
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thanx both, yeah i tried opening it shorty afterwards, that was when my
mouse stopped working, sadly i have spoken to the retailer and although
under waranty they dont cover lack of earphone jack, they cover only
manufacture faults, thancks for your help maybe il get it sorte as an
xmas gift, thanks once again,
Gareth
 
The points are:

An actual hardware switch disconnects a notebook computer's internal
speaker(s) when a headphone or external speaker(s) is plugged in. If
that mechanism is damaged there is nothing any software or registry
setting can do to bypass it. If the headphone plug is broken off in the
jack, it will have to be extracted. If the jack is damaged, it will need
to be repaired or replaced, which might get tricky if it is the type
that is soldered to a circuit board

In MANY cases any malfunction due to accident or abuse is not covered by
your warranty. While the warranty will only cover defects due to defects
in material and workmanship, any hardware repairs MIGHT need to be made
by authorized repair centers to maintain warranty coverage on the
remainder of the computer. Seemingly minor problems might require the
replacement of an expensive component to correct.
 
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