Headphone Jack Help (USB 2

My USB 2.0 Zen which has served me faithfully for two years of rough and tumble service and now I think it may have finally bit it. I listen to it while trying to sleep and woke one night to find it playing only through one (right) ear. I tried pushing the headphones back in as sometimes the come partially out. However this didnt help. I pushed harder and the left would work only while extreme pressure was applied to the jack. Is it trashed guys? Can it be fixed and how much? Is it time to move up to a micro? Thanx.

Same happened to me on my xtra. I luckly was able to get it fixed for free, but creative relly should have designed the headphone jack a little beefier to prevent this kind of stuff from happening.

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I bought a 17.3" Envy 2 months ago. Up until today I have not had to use the headphone jack or either of the USB's on the right hand side of the laptop, however when i've come to use my turtle beaches today, they do not work.
The USB slots also do not work with my mouse which works on the two slots on the left hand side of the laptop, and my earphones or sennheiser headphones do not work in the jack either.
What can you advise?
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Tom

Hi @Tom30191
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that you are having trouble with some usb ports and your audio jack. I am happy to help with this.
I would start by refreshing/reinstalling the chipset drivers, for your notebook, and you may also want to try updating the BIOS from the same page, and see if it helps.
HP ENVY 17-j184na Notebook PC (ENERGY STAR) - Software & Drivers
Give it a try and let me know if it makes any difference.
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I don't think I have anything to offer that you haven't done. In Device Manager, Device status says "working properly" and you've reinstalled this driver.
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Contact Apple Customer Relations and let them know that you're not happy. With the logic board replacement, everything else should have been evaluated and fixed at the same time. It sounds as if you just got a lemon. You could plead your case for a replacement unit, I would think, since your machine is being 'replaced' piecemeal...
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Hello cford114,
This sounds weird, but if your very careful, I would try some good light and a toothpick. lol
Or, What planb77 said.
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Piece of led stuck in my ipods headphone jack help!!!

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HI , I have a creative zen jukebox 20 gig usb 2.0. I bought it refurbished from creative labs. Today I got pushed up against something with the headphones plugged into the player and it bent the headphone plug into the jack causing damage. I can no longer hear sound from the player. I was wondering where I could go , or ship my player to so I don't have to scrap it . Oh , and I doubt its under warranty iv'e had it for about 6 months , and the refurb said it only had a 90 day warranty from what I can remember.
Thanks,
Scott-Message Edited by thespacecowboy on -26-2004 02:56 AM

Scott-. You could do a search arrowed were you li've for a mp3 repair, but it would be better for creative to do it.
As for the 90 day warrantee, creative does a 90 day warrantee on maintenance. But the parts warrantee is year. So depending on the situation you may not have to pay for parts.
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Torstein.

Headphone Jack Help

Just in the last couple of days my headphones started to cut out on the right side. I thought the problem was the headphones, after several switches, I found out that is not so. When I play with the plug on the headphones the right channel comes in and out. I have seen similar questions posted on line with the same problem, but was unable to find any useful answer. Help would be greatly appreciated... is there something I can do, or does it have to be taken somewhere or shipped out? If so, who would I contact to get the ball rolling here. I need my iPod, flat out. Thanks in advance!!

I am having the exact same issue. If I plug in my original Ipod headphones are anything comparable the Right Side began to cut out, but is gone completely. Now to hear anything I must you High (studio) Quality headphones to hear properly. This is disconcerning. Ipod is less than 1.5 old. If I find a solution I will post here. Anyone else please help.

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In UK by law you can just send back within 14 days with no charge except any calls made
May be different in your country
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Michael,
Thanks. I haven't mixed down the audio or checked the number of tracks in Prefs. Good points.
As far as a mixdown goes, I'll definitely give it a try, though I wonder whether or not the tracks will be recognized during mix down recording - given that you can't hear either of those segments in playback. Just have to try.
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traced back to a OS X system cause of this odd phenomenon?
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Once the drives are indexed by Spotlight, are their permissions
ignored by the OS X? Content, if neutral, should not affect the
wake or sleep cycle; especially if they're ignored by the OS X.
Could there be a bad cable or other component? If so that would
be a difficult process of elimination to detect it. Usually replacing
most suspect components in the USB stream (external to Macs)
is a rote way to mechanically test that idea; & not 100% sure.
Does the equipment all have a good ground to the utility or house
electrical field? An intermittent ground may affect more than sleep.
Hard to say at this point. Maybe a late-night talk radio guru on
remote viewing could peer into your situation and sleuth it out?
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& mechanical to some extent. - Or perhaps odd software inspired.
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at the chance to spill your information? Little Snitch may help.
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Headphone jack broken off inside Macbook--HELP!

My dad recently gave me his MacBook Pro, only problem is the audio is completely broken. This occurred when the computer was on the bed with headphones were plugged into the headphone port, and the dog jumped on the headphone jack, breaking it off inside of the computer.... The piece is totally irretrievable; it's broken off far inside of the headphone port. My father contacted the Apple store and I contacted Mac Mall, and they both said the same thing--it will have to be taken apart, and could cost up to $900 to fix!!!
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Yes, easy way around it.
look up a JEWELRY REPAIR place, usually they charge $30 or $40
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The headphone jack malfunction Creative won't help me w

I have a Zen Micro 6GB with a headphone jack on life support. I've tried contacting Creative for the location of a repair depot, but since it's paid for and the warranty's finished they've quit responding. I guess I'm on my own now, and it may not be a "Creative" solution that replaces the Zen. Supposing every company abandoned their customer after the warranty ran out. Wouldn't YOU try another brand Their website offered NO "creative" solutions, or direction to where you could get an otherwise good product once they had your money and had a replacement model to sell you. Well, I'm now looking at home repair, because unless I cough up for a long distance call to someone who may or may not have a repair solution for me, this puppy goes into the drawer with the other dead battery-operated devices, the electronic graveyard. Bye, Creative.

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- Try cleaning out/blowing out the headphone jack. Try inserting/removing the plug a dozen times or so.
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