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 Post subject: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jack
PostPosted: Tue February 10, 2015 7:58 pm 
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Give me some ideas on how to pry it out

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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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Something sticky, maybe?

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What a great post, tommy


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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
magnet

Would this damage any important computer parts?

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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
magnet

Yeah, make sure you wave a magnet around the hard drive lots, it'll make it go faster.

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So skating back to the train station after work today things went wrong.....now my skateboard is at the bottom of the harbour :(


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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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theplatypus wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
magnet

Would this damage any important computer parts?

I was thinking one of those skinny, extendable magnets that would just be near the headphone jack.

Like this one:

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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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Just put some gum on the end of a stick.

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Just put some gum on the end of your dick.

FTFY

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Take that post and push it off a bridge.


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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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Drop of superglue on the tip of the broken plug. Plug it back in, and let partly dry. Pull it out.

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So skating back to the train station after work today things went wrong.....now my skateboard is at the bottom of the harbour :(


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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
Drop of superglue on the tip of the broken plug. Plug it back in, and let partly dry. Pull it out.

This sounds like a good idea. I will attempt this.

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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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theplatypus wrote:
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
Drop of superglue on the tip of the broken plug. Plug it back in, and let partly dry. Pull it out.

This sounds like a good idea. I will attempt this.

what is superglue called in Argentina, Jorge?

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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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update please

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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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theplatypus wrote:
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
Drop of superglue on the tip of the broken plug. Plug it back in, and let partly dry. Pull it out.

This sounds like a good idea. I will attempt this.

I haven't attempted this.

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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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I really want Jorge to fix this and let us know how he did it.

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 Post subject: Re: My headphone plug broke off inside my laptop's audio jac
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I still think an awl might work if you can get it to drive into the broken piece without jamming it in further.


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