X61, lost sound from speakers.

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X61, lost sound from speakers.

#1 Post by paul*robertson » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:09 am

I recently bought a portable USB powered speaker and used it on my X61. Now i have removed it, there is no sound from my laptop.
Control panel-sound-high def audio device (x61 speakers) are listed as working and set as default...........but no sound?

Any thoughts?
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Re: X61, lost sound from speakers.

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:10 am

Maybe a 'tired' contact in the speaker/headphone-jack that did not return to its old (contact) position.
Remove the palmrest/keyboard and see if you can bend it back.
For an idea, see this diagram. Watch the 2 and 5 in the upper part as a possible candidates.
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Re: X61, lost sound from speakers.

#3 Post by paul*robertson » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:11 am

The headphone jack works.
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Re: X61, lost sound from speakers.

#4 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:21 pm

The headphone/external speakers work (obviously :roll: ), but not the internal speaker.
That's why you need to check that inside the jack everything is OK.
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Re: X61, lost sound from speakers.

#5 Post by paul*robertson » Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:30 pm

The USB powered speaker (Altec Lansing) took its power and signal from the usb port. The headphone jack wasn't used. I plugged in the USB speaker and it worked fine. When i removed it, i assumed the laptop speakers would then work as normal. They dont, although i can still listen to music using earphones (through the headphone jack).
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