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    Asus G50 Audio Issue

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by jwenick, Jan 14, 2010.

  1. jwenick

    jwenick Newbie

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    Hey Guys, I am currently having a strange issue with my laptop. The audio plays out of the laptop speakers, but will not play out of my desk top speakers, or headphones when plugged in. It just continues to play through the laptop speakers, ignoring the connection. Has anyone seen this before? Thanks
     
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  2. llmercll

    llmercll Notebook Evangelist

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    Sounds look it could be a bad line out jack.
     
    llmercll, Jan 14, 2010
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    Delta_CT Notebook Evangelist

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    I vaguely recall someone's G50 having the little switch in the jack break...
     
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  4. llmercll

    llmercll Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah me too, it's not an uncommon problem. Happens in ipods sometimes.

    If you're under warranty I advise sending it in (but of course check your audio settings, try different headphones speakers, etc).

    If you aren't under warranty you can still send it in, but they might want to charge you for a new motherboard (f******).

    Another good solution would be to get a little usb dongle with a headphone jack. You can find em really cheap, it just transforms your 3.5mm into usb. Or if you wanted, you could get an addon sound card, like the soundblaster.
     
    llmercll, Jan 15, 2010
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