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12-08-2007, 08:33 PM
| | | | I have an interesting problem with my speakers..
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my computer speakers that is.
so my headphones were plugged into them, and the tip of the hp connector broke off in the jack, so now i haev no sound cuz its going to the hps.
i tried crazy gluing the tip of the broken hp connection and leaving it in there, hoping it would bond and be able to pull the tip out. no luck. i tried to open the speaker up but i think the screws are glued in, and there not budging..
any ideas?
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12-08-2007, 09:07 PM
| | | Tweezers? Or maybe a very small drill bit. Drill it into the broken piece and use the bit to pull it out. Hammer?  |
12-08-2007, 09:22 PM
| | | | its a headphone jack, its too small for tweezers and i dont have a drill bit that small, pluss theres now ay to see what im doing
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12-08-2007, 10:13 PM
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12-08-2007, 11:44 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WI | | | Just get some some half way decent speakers, they're HP so they probably suck anyway. Or plug your headphones into the PC itself...? |
12-09-2007, 06:34 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Johnson City, TN | | | A couple thoughts..
How about using a long skinny screw (like a pickup-mounting screw maybe?) to attach to the broken-off piece, perhaps with a dot of quickset epoxy or JB Weld?.
Or, what about pushing the broken part through? Not sure if these jacks are open right through like guitar jacks or not. |
12-09-2007, 07:54 AM
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12-09-2007, 07:58 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Southern Massachusetts | | | The headphones were plugged into the jack in one of the speakers? You're gonna have to get that speaker open somehow and either bypass that jack at the source of switching, or find a way to pop out the tip, as that is the culprit, obviously.
Get a set of jewellers' screwdrivers and give it hell.the small blades are your best bet on getting that tip outtta there.
Or, spend 20 bucks (or less) on another set of speakers, they are really that cheap. |
12-09-2007, 05:23 PM
| | | | there not hp speakers, there logitech 5.1s
hp=head phones
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12-09-2007, 05:46 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Detroit | | | Either a screw, or a drill bit. Twist it into there, and then pull it out. Otherwise, CA glue it to a wooden stick like a shish kabob skewer or a chopstick.
If it's unsalvagable, disassemble the speaker, remove the jack, and hit Radio Shack to find a replacement jack. |
12-09-2007, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Bryan316 Either a screw, or a drill bit. Twist it into there, and then pull it out. Otherwise, CA glue it to a wooden stick like a shish kabob skewer or a chopstick.
If it's unsalvagable, disassemble the speaker, remove the jack, and hit Radio Shack to find a replacement jack. |
These I think are your best bets. I'd try the chop stick and super glue one. I think that any turning motion like the screw or the drill bit would just mean the metal piece will spin inside the jack and nothing will probably grip it. Still worth a shot though.
Or just get something small and metal and strong like one of those pins that women tie their hair up with and start routing around inside the jack for a while. (maybe file off the ball point at the top and make it flat)
If all else fails you could just get the drill bit and (carefully) keep drilling so that you damage the headphone jack to the point where it wont work but the connection will be broken. Not ideal but at least your speakers will work.
All those suggestions were based on the assumption you cant take apart the casing or pull out the speakers
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12-09-2007, 07:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | When you go jamming screws and whatnot in there, you are going to tear up the other contacts in there rendering the jack useless with no guarantee of getting the tip out. Sit down and find a way to open the speaker up. Take your time and I am sure you will find the solution. Once opened up you can probably push the tip out from the back side of the jack. |
12-09-2007, 07:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dartmouth, Canada | | | I had a similar problem with the brass tip on a mini-TOSLink connector that came off in my iMac. As a result I couldn't get any sound. What I would up doing was using a small metal pick and using epoxy to attach the pick to the brass bit. After it set for about 30 minutes I was able to get it out. The way the jack was built it was impossible to get at it from the other side, and that may be the same for your Logitech speakers. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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