A very strange thing just occurred with my MacBook Pro. The audio output stopped completely, it was working earlier today. I tried to change the volume, and it showed as muted but with full volume, a bit weird. Plus it started emitting a strange red light out of the headphone jack.
A little searching and supposedly the headphone jack does optical audio out, which some how must of got turned on. Considering all I use the headphone jack for is headphones, I’m not sure how that happened.
After a little more searching, configuration changes and attempts to restore audio output, I just ended up plugging in my headphones hoping it will some how reverse it’s current state. And it worked. Go figure.
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I am having this problem, and i cannot fix it. I tried pluggin in the headphones and they audio will work through the headphones but when i unplug the headphones it goes back to its redlight/no audio state.
Posted 11 Apr 2007 at 7:38 am ¶I am wondering if you found anything online about this?
thanks
nope, the only thing I found was it saying it was the optical audio. Once mine got reset I stopped trying.
Posted 11 Apr 2007 at 10:15 am ¶Im having the exact same problem that marcus has. I was just using headphones and when i took then out, it turned on the lil’ red light. Now it only works with headphones. (W/o headphone, it’s turned on to the digital out)
Posted 16 Apr 2007 at 11:33 am ¶-Whappo
Guys, just use a toothpick to reset the port! It worked great for me.
Posted 17 Apr 2007 at 5:00 am ¶-Whappo
how do you reset the port? its so annoying to have to use headphones all the time.
Posted 20 Apr 2007 at 9:31 am ¶Here is a link to their forum http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3255575.
Posted 02 Jul 2007 at 6:26 pm ¶I also got mine working with the toothpick. Inserted it gently a few time in the 6-7 o’clock position. There is a very small sensor or ?? in the back of the port. Once you touch it lightly, all is back to normal. I hope that works for you.
I just hit the same problem and touched the bottom of the port with my headphone jack for a while and it went away. Too weird.
Posted 24 Jul 2007 at 10:01 pm ¶hey..yea..this is very annoying.. i just got my mac book for school and it was working great for a while until this red light….i think it started when i was inited to a video chat…anyways.. i cant seem to hit the right spot with the toothpick…i do not know what to do..
Posted 05 Aug 2007 at 10:26 pm ¶hey… this is a very frustrating thing to happen but thank goodness for postings such as this because I was able to fix it by wiggling a paperclip in the port until I found the reset button - D; this isn’t easy but don’t give up. I admit I might think twice before plugging in my headphones again… but for now I’m just happy to hear sound again. For such an expensive machine this is a problem they should have worked out before it went to market… Good luck and thanks for the sound advice.
Posted 06 Aug 2007 at 7:45 am ¶wheres the dam sensor..i cant hit it
Posted 06 Aug 2007 at 9:06 pm ¶Wow — thanks for posting about this! Same thing happened to me, and it was kinda freaky. 2nd odd thing that’s happened to my MBP in the last week. But I plugged my headphones in and out a couple times, and it turned off and everything works fine now.
Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 8:02 pm ¶lol ‘D’ sensor is at 7,Oclock in the port lightly go over it. That is great but WTF is the point of it, haha. but speakers are better now is the main thing
Posted 19 Sep 2007 at 6:23 pm ¶I can’t get the red light to go away…..
I have had this happen b4, and inserted the headphones and voila….
Tonight after being connected to a set of external speakers 4 several hours, the lovely light is back.
Tried….
Posted 20 Sep 2007 at 8:27 pm ¶1) headphones
2) paperclip
3) reset the PRAM
4) WHAT IS NEXT….HELP
when this happened
my headphones got stuck in the headphones jack thing and then i had to pull it out really hard then the red light came on and now i can only listen to things with my headphones but when i do only one side of the headphones work and its not my headphones its the laptop because my headphones work on my ipod perfectly fine.
Posted 05 Oct 2007 at 11:07 am ¶plug in a optical lead into the audio port then take it out again. The mac the resets to its speakers. Sorted
Posted 23 Oct 2007 at 5:14 pm ¶Tom, are you certain that’s all that has to be done? I’ve got an optical cord that I use in some recording transfer situations, so I’ll try that this afternoon.
Posted 24 Oct 2007 at 11:13 am ¶ok, i didnt have a toothpick handy but i just inserted the quarter inch pin in and out two three times really fast and its fixed.
Posted 28 Oct 2007 at 7:38 pm ¶etbis…Your solution was the best. It worked beautifully. My understanding was that the EFI update to 1.4 was supposed to have fixed this. Looks like the fix only took half way. (i.e. until I used my head phones again..)
Posted 08 Nov 2007 at 3:39 am ¶I just inserted the headphone jack back in and pulled it out really quickly a few times. Fixed it no problem.
I can admit though, I panicked when I saw that little red light.
Posted 19 Nov 2007 at 6:53 am ¶I just had exactly the same thing happen, and this page came up first on Google. Plugging my speakers into the headphone jack fixed it just like you said it did for you. Thanx for the tip! I’m sure it saved me at least an hour of frustration.
Posted 26 Nov 2007 at 12:14 am ¶etbis: your solution was godly..thankyou
Posted 26 Nov 2007 at 10:55 pm ¶Worked for me too. Dunno if this is relevant but I sort of pushed the headphone jack to the right (So it rubbed the inside left of the port) and it worked. So glad to know it’s not a big problem
Posted 11 Dec 2007 at 5:26 am ¶i also had this problem, plugged a headphone jack into it, and voila it worked like a charm! thanks for the fix :D red lights usually mean “you’re screwed”
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 11:15 am ¶Sweet mercy. I just had the same problem. Spent a few minutes inserting and removing my headphones, and all is well again.
“Hi, I’m a PC. All I have is a plain-vanilla headphone jack.”
“And I’m a Mac. My headphone jack is also some sort of optical digital audio out thingie. And if you look at me wrong, I’ll permanently turn on that little red light and kill your speakers.”
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 4:48 pm ¶I used a precision jeweler’s screw driver and rotated it.
Worked like a charm.
But, honestly, it might just have been serendipitous.
Good luck!
Posted 26 Dec 2007 at 5:59 pm ¶Wow…thanks for all the tips. I’m over in Germany and had this problem on my wife’s MBP. I tried inserting, removing and wiggling the port with the headphone jack. It didn’t work. I tried with a toothpick in several positions and finally just “flicked” it several times across the base of the port. It’s back to normal. My guess is that there’s some kind of sensor in the base of the port that get’s stuck and needs to be reset. Whatever the case we’re back to listening to Bob Marley.
Posted 30 Dec 2007 at 12:00 pm ¶I tried what everyone said and I got the red light to go away, but my external speakers still don’t work!
Posted 02 Jan 2008 at 3:28 pm ¶It seems to be different for everyone else, but the port seems to be activated by touch or movement.
I jiggled my headphones in and pushed them as far in as I could and now my speakers emit sound. I guess as long as you someone re-activate whatever you moved or changed before either by poking at it or moving something around in there, it should work.
Maybe some good ol’ fashion banging might work too. :D
Posted 04 Jan 2008 at 11:48 pm ¶Hi guys,
Posted 05 Jan 2008 at 7:12 am ¶Thanks so much for the advice. I’ve had this problem for about a week now and was dreading a costly repair. I tried stick the headphones in and out a few times and using a pin - didn’t work. Finally I got a toothpick from my stanley knife and pressed down inside the port. Back to normal!
btw does anyone know how to fix it for good? Because now everytime I put the headphones in I have the reset the bloody thing!
Posted 05 Jan 2008 at 7:16 am ¶I had same problem as everyone has, Redlight from audio out, (Digital signal) and of course no sounds from built in speaker!, i read some of comments about insert toothpick and IT WORKED!
Posted 19 Jan 2008 at 7:40 am ¶everyone should try it, I was going to bring mine to tech support today, and I’m sure thye will charge me crazy money to repair, Anyway It’s Free to try and IT WORKED!
Grab a Nice and Clean Sharp Toothpick, and find a LIttle dent on 7′oclock position. and push that little dent for a several times, At first it will blink a few times, and keep trying until the red light go off, It took about only 2 minute! also make sure you won’t damage any other port or parts, you have to push the toothpick very gently! Hopefuly everyone try it and works!
I thought it’s a setting problem in Sound Pref or Audio /MIDI PORT, but it’s not! You just need to reset the actual Audio Port, Thanx to whoever found out this TOOTHPICK MAGIC!
i did the toothpick thing for 10mins and it finally started working! this is some bullshit! so i can’t hook my cpu to my surround any more because if i unhook it the red light comes on….they need to fix that instead of coming out with paperthin computers with the same problems
Posted 02 Feb 2008 at 6:35 pm ¶I used a hair pin at the 7:00 position…thanks a lot it worked just fine :) Though I still think apple sucks, I shouldn’t be having this problem in the first place and having to find things to stick into my computer.
Posted 02 Feb 2008 at 10:44 pm ¶I had the same problem with the little red light in the headphones jack outlet with my macbook, I got really annoyed and I decided to plug in my speakers so I could actually hear people iming me but when I plugged it in, the red light went away. I guess my advice is to plug in some other kind of device for sound and see if it resets itself because mine worked that way.
Posted 21 Feb 2008 at 9:15 am ¶Oh my after an hour of screwing with it….it works………….sooooooo i used my headphones and rubbed the bottom of it…..then it started to come through my speakers…..it stopped for a second but gave me enough hope to fix it!!!
Posted 27 Feb 2008 at 8:08 pm ¶Wish I could say that my headphone jack is emitting a red light like you say, but it isn’t. The headphones work, but the internal speakers do not, go figure.
I found a toothpick and am jimmying it in the 7 o’clock position and nothing’s happening. I have a macbook pro 17″ 2.33 duo, fyi.
When I jimmy it around I can feel a place/area that makes little clicks / movement but still no progress. I wonder if I’m doing it right. :-( Again, there is no red light, just no sound.
Posted 29 Feb 2008 at 10:35 pm ¶I had this same exact “Red Light” problem, I was without sound for three day!!!! I called the technical support number and even made an appointment with the Mac Store. I missed my appointment so I decided to take matters into my own hands and do a little searching for myself…. I didn’t have a toothpick so i used a hairpin…..It definitely got the Job done!!!
Posted 11 Mar 2008 at 11:49 pm ¶Bobby pins work too!! Such a weird problem to have with a computer…
Posted 12 Mar 2008 at 9:53 pm ¶omg thanks a ton i was so confused …toothpick ha
Posted 19 Mar 2008 at 1:38 pm ¶Thanks so much… this problem has been with me for a long time. a simple paper clip. OMG! thanks!
Posted 25 Mar 2008 at 6:11 pm ¶OMG AFTER LIK AN HOUR OF SCREWING AROUND WITH IT ND READING EVERYONES COMMENT PULLING MY HEADFONES IN ND OUT FINALY WORKED!!! THNX GOODNESSSS!!!!1
Posted 26 Mar 2008 at 9:25 am ¶Thanks folks!! The 7 o’clock toothpick remedy worked; any other brushing or flossing tips for my overheating, tempermental MacBook “Pro”? ;)
Posted 02 Apr 2008 at 4:41 am ¶Ken you are a rock star! The toothpick works. Thank you so much.
Posted 07 Apr 2008 at 5:14 pm ¶So while this solution worked for me (it’s been driving me crazy, so I’m glad i found this page), does anyone else find this to be absolutely unacceptable for how much we all paid for these machines?
Posted 10 Apr 2008 at 8:43 am ¶you guys are amazin. was sendin me mental. and yes Jason, extortionate, especially on hp for a poor student. lol. but hten again i dont see me ever buyin a windows based laptop ever again!!!
Posted 10 Apr 2008 at 5:13 pm ¶If you go to 7o’clockish in there you can kind of see a little switch thing… i flicked it, sort of scooping the edge into the center of the opening, one time, and it worked perfectly. dear apple, wtf. love, me.
Posted 13 Apr 2008 at 6:29 pm ¶What a annoying problem to have, I too was dreading having to go down the Apple Store yet again and get seriously wallet raped to fix this problem. I managed to sort it by rubbing the base of the port in and out with my headphones jack for a few seconds and on it came, job done.
Posted 16 Apr 2008 at 2:23 am ¶Luke, I have the same exact problem. After I once plugged in my MacBook Pro into a stereo, it stopped working when i disconnected it. When I try to press one of the “volume up” or “volume down” buttons, it comes up with the speaker icon as usual, but with a crossed out circle, symbolizing that the speakers don’t work. The sound works if headphones or stereos are plugged in, but once I remove them it goes back to normal, with no sound and the red light in the headphone jack.
Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 2:26 pm ¶I was also able to fix this problem by plugging my earphones in and then pulling out while pushing it gently to the right (so it pressed the left side of the jack while coming out). Plugging in and pulling out did not work for until I pressed to one side. Nor did putting a paperclip into the hole.
Posted 20 Apr 2008 at 10:07 pm ¶SO… I DID GO TO THE “GENIUS BAR” TODAY AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD A BAD I/O BOARD. SINCE I ONLY PURCHASE MY MBPRO UNDER 2MONTHS AGO I WAS A LITTLE MIFFED. SINCE I USE MY MACH HEAVILY 4 WORK I DECIDED TO GIVE YOUR TOOTHPICK TRICKS A TRY. WOW!!! IT WORKED.. I HAVE SOUND.. WTF. I ONLY HOPE THIS DOESNT HAPPEN EVERY TIME I PLUG IN MY HDPHONES.. THAT WOULD BE ANNOYING.. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS.. YOU SAVED ME 3-5 DAYS WITHOUT MY MACHINE. U ROCK! -B
Posted 21 Apr 2008 at 5:06 pm ¶I am working on a MacBook Pro 15″ 1.83GHz. The problem is not software related as I formatted the hard drive and installed a clean OS. On this model at the rear of the headphone jack at the 10-11 o’clock position there is a clip. I am not sure the what the exact procedure is but holding/jiggling around that switch with a paper clip did the trick. System Preferences now shows internal speakers as opposed to digital out. The light is out too.
Posted 22 Apr 2008 at 5:27 am ¶I just had the same problem on a Macbook. I inserted the headphone jack in and out a few times quickly… and though the red light did not turn off, i can now listen to things without speakers/headphones. weird.
Posted 22 Apr 2008 at 8:12 am ¶I had the same “red light, audio stuck on digital out” problem. I tried toothpick jiggling, headphone jack plunging, straight pin probing…nothing worked. However, since lots of people seem to have fixed the problem by poking around in the dark, I knew there must be a way to mechanically solve this issue (unless it was the logic board that went bad, which I bet causes only a tiny minority of these cases).
First, think about how this dual-purpose port can both sense a plug and determine which type of signal to send. Basically, when a plug is inserted these two metal tabs, or lever-type springs (shaped like _/\_ ), depress until they touch the metal walls of the port. This completes two circuits (one for each channel), and tells the computer to send audio to the port.
These very same _/\_-shaped contacts also carry the stereo audio signal intended for a male TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) plug. The right-channel contact is centered on the bottom (6 o’clock position) closer to the mouth of the port, and the left-channel contact resides on port’s left side (centered at 9 o’clock) closer to the back. The right-channel _/\_ touches the “ring” of the TRS plug, and the left-channel _/\_ touches the plug’s tip. This left-channel contact position further back makes it more vulnerable to damage if anything presses laterally against the side of the plug while it is inserted (or worse yet, while it is mostly but not all the way inserted — like when it’s being plugged in or removed). The sideways force turns the tip of your TRS plug into a lever. Most of us find out at some point the fine line between “lever” and “lover”. When shafts are forced into tight places at the wrong angle they can cause discomfort and damage and lead to temporarily denied access. Bet your macbook isn’t nearly as forgiving (or hopefully as mysterious, “Honey, why is there a red light coming out of you?”) as the walking, breathing, loving variety of laptop! xD I kid, I kid. Sorry, hope I didn’t lose you with that one.
But what causes the port to switch from an electrical signal to an optical one? In a word, conductivity. Optical plugs compatible with these dual-audio ports are the same shape and size as a TRS plug, but are sheathed in plastic — a material with low conductivity — and headphone/speaker plugs are of course metal — and highly conductive. The computer first deduces that a plug must be present when one _/\_ contact is depressed enough to touch the metal wall behind it. If no electricity is being conducted (i.e. no current being drawn) it guesses the plug must be plastic (i.e. digital audio)! That’s why the red light turns on. The computer is trying to send an optical signal to the ghost plug. And though I too was put off by it at first, I must thank the LED for shedding its ghostly red light on the inner workings of my MBP headphone jack!
Simple enough, but why have I said all this, you ask? Basically, I want to prove to you that a deformed _/\_ contact at 9 o’clock is most likely your problem. It has been ever so slighly smooshed and even without a plug being present touches the metal wall behind it (or is just close enough for electricity to jump the tiny gap!) I suppose either _/\_ could cause this problem but for me (and by the sound of it most people here) it was the one on the left. I am quite certain all those who fix their audio problem by poking around at 7 o’clock looking for a mysterious “reset button” are actually tweaking the lower edge of this metal _/\_ tab. I personally had to make a small hook out of a plier-modified safety pin in order to have enough mechanical advantage to ever so gently unbend the _/\_. A little love tap didn’t work and neither did shaking up the poor girl. Healing my permanently depressed friend required a delicate yet precise behavioral modification.
Again, the “switch at 7 o’clock” that so many people talk about here, is not a switch in the sense of a rocker, a slider, or even a “button”. It is the very same metal _/\_ contact that both carries the analog audio *and* senses the presence of a plug. Peer in there (it helps to have music silently playing in iTunes — this will keep the freaky red light on) and see the small gap on the left near the back. That’s right, the bottom of it is close to the “7 o’clock” position. Get your tool in there slowly try to pry it back away from the hidden wall behind it. You might hear music start playing right away. Good! If it stops again after removing your tool(and the light turns back on), try the same thing but bend it a little more. Remember, these are very sensitive and delicate parts. And you can always take the safe and slow route — consult with a certified medical professional…I mean certified Apple dealer!
Posted 22 Apr 2008 at 5:54 pm ¶Hey Guys,
Posted 23 Apr 2008 at 3:27 am ¶I had this problem with my MacBook today! I was watching Lost on headphones last night and then this morning I boot up my Mac and no sound and a red light coming from the headphone jack?!
I tried pushing the sensor or whatever it is with a paperclip but that didn’t fix it.
I plugged my headphones into the socket next to the headphone socket and my sound came back!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy was worried I would have to take it into an Apple store to get it fixed!
Try it though just plug headphones into the sock next the headphone one (I don’t know what it’s called) and hopefully your sound should come back! Good Luck!
It is annoying and it shouldn’t happen that often. But Look at it this way, it’s nice that Mac actually provides this feature especially if you hook you computer to your LCD to watch movies. Makes for great sound if you use the Optical Mini to Toslink cable. Most other companies don’t offer any standard digital optical audio output solutions.
Great idea, screwy implementation.
Posted 04 May 2008 at 2:42 pm ¶Well, let me tell you what worked…a plastic toothpick gently rotate inside of the headphone jack. Yes, I too had the red light and NO SOUND. Turn on an audio file and gently rotate the toothpick and before you know it you will be hearing sound again!
Posted 22 May 2008 at 8:46 pm ¶all makes sense to me. i just had the same issue no external sound except for headphones, but i just plugged the headphone jack in and pulled it out repeatedly like 10 times and it came back on. fuckin macs
Posted 22 May 2008 at 10:27 pm ¶same thing here… post saved my life! hahaha
Posted 23 May 2008 at 11:48 pm ¶THANKS
I’m using linux on my macbook pro and i too niticed th red light.
Using the gnome alsa mixer, I enabled all of the options using preferences, Then went to the switches tab and unchecked “IEC958″ and the red light went off. It seems that in linux you can switch this feature on and off from software quite easily. I’m still setting up my Linux Gentoo install and there are many things i havn’t got working such as sound. I have no sound at all, But i can switch the red light off.
Posted 24 May 2008 at 2:45 pm ¶Hey guys
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! For your comments.. man i thought i was going crazy.
For those of you who ahd the same problem i did in that you were reading all these comments and trying the toothpick or the pin or the hair clip etc.. and it still wasn’t work don’t stress.. It Does Work!
it took me too long but I got there in the end. There’s a small sort of bump in the back on the bottom left hand side. If you press it it goes in a little bit. you need to try and get under that keep just flicking upwards and pushing a little back.. it flashed on and off at the start for me for a while but eventually it worked.
thank everyone who posted.. saved me throwing this out the window, hahah. just kidding. :D
Posted 01 Jun 2008 at 10:37 pm ¶Logic Board, easy as.
Posted 11 Jun 2008 at 10:55 am ¶In a MacBook nonpro, I found the kill switch near the back at about 3 o’clock, best accessed with a safety pin so far. but it still comes back on when i unplug headphones again.
Posted 13 Jun 2008 at 7:04 pm ¶I also used a jewelery screw driver. When you insert it you see you can change the volume of your “headphone”. That means you found the right spot. Gently move it around and suddenly. You’ve got sound!
Posted 13 Jun 2008 at 11:59 pm ¶spent about 20 minutes last night trying these various poking tricks and gave up. I tried again today just repeatedly pushing in and out my headphones and playing with the volume and FINALLY got it to work!
Posted 22 Jun 2008 at 12:45 pm ¶Wow, it’s like a freaking G spot. Fortunately it took less time to find on my Mac than it did in my first year of marriage.
Posted 23 Jun 2008 at 8:35 am ¶I think mine’s more broken than most of yours. I found the spot, but the red light only stays off if I hold contact there. Now, the sound is working when my headphones are plugged most of the way in - but it’s coming out of the laptop speakers, not the head phone.
Can’t get the switch to permanently flip. So f*ing annoyed.
Help?
Posted 30 Jun 2008 at 5:31 pm ¶i used a toothpick (the round pointy one) to turn off the red optical light on my MacBook. I pressed on a button-like thing inside the jack. I held the computer’s keyboard horizontally while the screen open and inserted the toothpick…i then slightly tapped on a button on the right side…it’s the deepest button you’ll see on the right side. it took me about 15 seconds or so to fix.
Posted 08 Jul 2008 at 6:14 am ¶Had the same problem. Williaum wrote “I personally had to make a small hook out of a plier-modified safety pin in order to have enough mechanical advantage to ever so gently unbend the _/\_. A little love tap didn’t work and neither did shaking up the poor girl. Healing my permanently depressed friend required a delicate yet precise behavioral modification.” and “Get your tool in there slowly try to pry it back away from the hidden wall behind it. You might hear music start playing right away. Good! If it stops again after removing your tool(and the light turns back on), try the same thing but bend it a little more.”
THIS WORKED PERFECT FOR ME!!! I tried all the other tricks but this did the trick. I can even plug and unplug headphones and it doesn’t stay on now! Thanks buddy!
Posted 09 Jul 2008 at 4:29 pm ¶Same problem here, and this solution works, but I have to keep a toothpick handy. Something else to carry around in my laptop bag…
Posted 17 Jul 2008 at 10:53 am ¶well thanks for all the posts!!! for me i tried the paperclip/toothpick theory, but in the end, going in and out and in and out and in and out (lol!!!!) turned out to be but really fixed it. dont give up it will work!
Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 5:41 pm ¶Hi all, thanks for all the posts. I tried every trick and at the end they worked!! But, I used something new. To find the right spot, I left the System Preferences -> Audio open and began to force the inner of the connector over 360 degrees. Carefully… Suddenly I found a point, at right, where I could change between Digital and Headphone. Trying harder I could found something new, very fast, like “default internal (hpng)”. Hey!!!!. Trying more at that point finally I found Internal Speakers.
Posted 25 Jul 2008 at 6:19 pm ¶So, at right, with System Preferences Audio open, to gauge the progress. Thanks all and good luck!
Williaum seems to have it dead on - you can see the thing he’s talking about and it’s dead easy to fix.
However - I had to poke around the 10 o’clock area, I guess the top of mine had deformed.
Posted 04 Aug 2008 at 12:06 am ¶This might work. Open activity monitor and you’ll see an application called coreaudiot or something like that. Regardless, it should be red and not responding. Force quit it and don’t worry, it’ll restart. It should set your volume somewhere to about 4 or 5 points and it should work again.
Posted 11 Aug 2008 at 11:15 pm ¶Woooooottttt Thanks folks!! The 7 o’clock toothpick remedy worked
Posted 21 Aug 2008 at 12:45 pm ¶Like pretty much everyone else that has visited this page, I too had the red light problem. I really appreciate your help with the toothpick remedy. I got really nervous when I saw the red light of doom, but now it is fixed and I’m happy. Weird problem, but I’m glad that my macbook is now fixed =)
Posted 24 Aug 2008 at 10:47 am ¶I HAVE ONE MESSAGE TO EVERYONE, DON’T GIVE UP WITH THE TOOTHPICK, IT WORKS AFTER AN HOUR!!1
Posted 24 Aug 2008 at 2:16 pm ¶where is the port? i’m so rubbish at stuff like this
Posted 30 Aug 2008 at 8:58 am ¶thank you thank you thank you.
Posted 05 Sep 2008 at 4:45 pm ¶ebtis, you are the headphone jack BOSS.
Thank you Williaum on my macbook it was at 3 o’clock but your explanation help me the understand the problem. I did jam the headphone jack when all this started. If you have the same problem read what Williaum posted (comment 53).
Thanks!
Posted 05 Sep 2008 at 10:09 pm ¶Thank you to williaum for setting me on the right track. Macbook (non pro) users may find the offending contact at 3 o’clock. there are 2 contacts at 3 o’clock, the first is near the opening and the 2nd is deeper in. For me it was the 2nd contact that needed prodding. I used an auriscope to be able to see where i was prodding, a good light and an eyepiece would do just as well. I found a small safety pin to be the best implement since it was easily gripped and directed. For the record, williaum has the correct explanation for the error, there is no mystery separate sensor. I speak only for macbook owners. Good luck, stick at it. This is solvable if you have patience and use the correct tools.
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