snapped a 3.5mm audio jack off inside laptop socket

Should I try and take it apart ?

:(

Super-mini tweezers

yes, and check under the hood for little children messing with the wires

Mrs LUDD's laptop too.

doubleplus ungood

it flopped inside like a sock? :(

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:01 PM, impakt said:

Super-mini tweezers

Thought about this immediately. Might go out and look and see how super-mini tweezers can get.

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:02 PM, iep said:

it flopped inside like a sock? :(

needle-nose pliers

Also, to make matters worse, the initial incident ripped the plug out of the socket and only half snapped it making it wonky . I foolishly bent it back to normal position in the vague hope that it would hold out for half an hour more. So I plugged it back in (all the while thinking this is probably gonna snap off inside) which of course it did... Were the entire pin snapped off I probably could tweez it out pretty easily. (Is tweez a verb?). But with it being only half of the plug that means there's a centimetre or so between me and the bit inside....

What about a pin with superglue on the end. Press and hold on the broken piece until set and carefully pull out.

Where does one find a pair of these I wonder ???

http://www.amazon.com/Wiha-44503-Professional-Quality-Tweezers/dp/B002T1H5DS/ref=sr_1_12?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1320671462&sr=1-12

what a mess. the lappy might need a new socket (or a whole new i/o-board depending on the type'o'lappy).

git the thang tweezed out of the hole first.

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:14 PM, spratters said:

What about a pin with superglue on the end. Press and hold on the broken piece until set and carefully pull out.

I thought about that too but thought I'd probably accidentally superglue the implement used to the inside of the socket casing or something

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:16 PM, iep said:

what a mess. the lappy might need a new socket (or a whole new i/o-board depending on the type'o'lappy).

git the thang tweezed out of the hole first.

I can't see why it would need a new socket as long as the bit of jack is removable...

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:18 PM, LUDD said:

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:16 PM, iep said:

what a mess. the lappy might need a new socket (or a whole new i/o-board depending on the type'o'lappy).

git the thang tweezed out of the hole first.

 

I can't see why it would need a new socket as long as the bit of jack is removable...

can't have a proper thread without some drama

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make matters worse

 

making it wonky

 

I foolishly bent it back

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:18 PM, LUDD said:

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:14 PM, spratters said:

What about a pin with superglue on the end. Press and hold on the broken piece until set and carefully pull out.

 

 

I thought about that too but thought I'd probably accidentally superglue the implement used to the inside of the socket casing or something

 

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:16 PM, iep said:

what a mess. the lappy might need a new socket (or a whole new i/o-board depending on the type'o'lappy).

git the thang tweezed out of the hole first.

 

I can't see why it would need a new socket as long as the bit of jack is removable...

Theres a good chance the socket is deformed now and you will have to do that fucking irritating twiddly rotation trick to get the sound to come out in stereo

butter should help

is it still in warranty? if not, crack that baby open - shouldn't be that hard to rectify. you might need some tweezers still though and maybe one of those little pokey things.

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:22 PM, kaen said:

butter should help

YES lube the tweezers

you'll have it twozen out in a jiffy

try washing it out under the tap

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:25 PM, BCM said:

try washing it out under the tap

use warm water and butter. before you know it the broken pin will be posting I Just Came Out threads.

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:15 PM, LUDD said:

Where does one find a pair of these I wonder ???

 

http://www.amazon.co...0671462&sr=1-12

they appear to be available via amazon.com.

Couldn't you just get a new girlfriend with a different laptop?

winner^

Solved with a bent paperclip and gravity.

edit: that's how I sorted the new girlfriend out. Laptop is still fucked

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:32 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:15 PM, LUDD said:

Where does one find a pair of these I wonder ???

 

http://www.amazon.co...0671462&sr=1-12

 

they appear to be available via amazon.com.

wiseguy huh?

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:39 PM, LUDD said:

Solved with a bent paperclip and gravity.

 

edit: that's how I sorted the new girlfriend out. Laptop is still fucked

 

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:32 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

  On 11/7/2011 at 2:15 PM, LUDD said:

Where does one find a pair of these I wonder ???

 

http://www.amazon.co...0671462&sr=1-12

 

they appear to be available via amazon.com.

 

 

 

wiseguy huh?

tweezers gonna tweeze. :sup: