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Today I noticed the headphone jack on my t60 is only outputing sound to the left channel. It's not my speakers because I've tried 2 pairs of headphones and they do the same thing.

I'm guessing something is wrong with the jack itself? Is there any easy way to fix this?

Thanks.

Okay, I just tried unplugging the external speakers and moving the windows sound control balance all the way to the right. What happens is I get no sound at all.

So it might not be the headphone jack but the sound card, right? Is it possible that a soundcard problem would cause you to lose sound in one channel? If so, how hard would it be to replace the sound card?

Thanks.

patient_ot wrote: If so, how hard would it be to replace the sound card?

I believe they're soldered to the board.

In lieu of replacing the soundcard, would hooking up some kind of external soundcard work?

Also, if the soundcard is soldered to the board, is this problem symptomatic of bigger motherboard problems to come?

Thanks.

Have you checked in the control panel/ound to make sure the balance isn't set wrong?

Yes. Flipping the balance back and forth revealed the right channel was out.

Fixed it though.

What I did was uninstall the soundcard in device manager, then reinstalled it. Both channels are working now. No idea what caused the problem. Relieved.

That was going to be my next suggestion after the balance. That's the best kind of fix - no hardware needed