Had an interesting problem yesterday. The built-in speakers stopped working on my 5400. Up until then it had been working fine for the kids playing games. Mariel had been using headphones for a while (I don't know why, she just seems to like them sometimes). Debbie complained the sound was broken a bit later. I asked some questions to try to determine whether it might have corresponded with the use of the headphones. Debbie seemed to think it corresponded with the game, but she's not used to diagnosing problems (yet). I think Mariel is more precisionist, but she's got communications problems, and it's hard to get her to understand the questions, let alone give reliable answers.
Anyway, I'm rambling... I tried all the settings I could find, and all I could determine for sure was that the headphones worked, but the speakers didn't. I've seen problems with flakey headphone jacks before, so I tried pushing the plug in and out, but no luck there. I even pulled the main board and poked around on it, and tried the same trick with the speaker jack in the back. No joy. There seem to be tabs under the front for popping off the panel, but I couldn't get it off and didn't feel up to going deeper. Finally I rapped the front panel with my knuckles a few times near the headphone jack. Suddenly the speakers work fine. High tech solutions always win. I'm so glad this isn't the bad old days when you fixed problems by whacking the offending device with a shoe. :) ----- Jeffrey J. Nonken http://jnork.nonken.net/ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
