Headphone Jack not working properly, help!

Shane_Freeman · 29 Aug 2013 at 00:57

Hey, i'm new to the forum and sort of new to having a decent computer.
I have a tendency to catch my headphones on my desk chair while on the computer and this time it's caused a problem!

When I plug headphones into the front headphone jack on my computer, nothing happens but when I 'push up' on the headphones while in the computer. The computer recognizes it and allows me to use the jack.
I've now had to tie rope around the headphones when plugged in, so I can listen to stuff! (I've tried a few pairs of headphones)

Is this an internal fault and can it easily be fixed?

Cheers,
Shane

rids57 · 29 Aug 2013 at 01:27

Same thing happened to mine, my nephew got the cord caught in the chair and I was left with a wobbly socket that wasn't connected to anything. You might be able to repair it with a soldering iron if you can get at it but I ended up buying a sound card with a separate headphone socket, so that I didn't have to keep swapping cables.

Shane_Freeman · 29 Aug 2013 at 16:07

Ah right ok, might have to have a go at it.. Sucks big time.

rids57 · 29 Aug 2013 at 16:22

you could probably get away with fitting one of these in your 3.5" floppy drive bay...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-149-SV

Shane_Freeman · 29 Aug 2013 at 17:16

That's not a bad idea. I just need to learn not to get the headphones caught in the chair all the time!
Cheers man

rids57 · 29 Aug 2013 at 17:19

I ended up with a sound card with a rear headphone socket and I plug my keyboard into that and my headphones into the keyboard. And as my headphones have a coiled lead they never get tangled in anything anymore