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I don't know if I'd call Macs any more delicate than your average off the self "let's build it with what ever components are the cheapest this week" PC. I had Macs at a job for 8 years and it was a running joke with the IT guys that I had gone the longest in the company without needing them for anything. Everyone else was on a Dell. On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Jim Goodin<jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com> wrote: > that's wild though it makes real sense and in one way continues to >suggest > though i'm a Mac fan that they are 'delicate' to a degree. I figured > someone had ran into this... thx Mark > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Mark Sottilaro <zerocrossing@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I've come across this type of behavior in a few devices, my iPhone >> included. Lint and general debris can muck up the little switch and >> it can't tell if something is plugged into it or not. Happens with my >> Toshiba laptop sometimes too. >> >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Jim Goodin<jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I don't know if any of you using a MBP have run into this but recently >> > my >> > internal speaker ability disappeared including the driver ref in Sys >> > Pref's >> > and the audio out 1/8" port glowed red. I found this wild fix on the >> > net >> > and it worked which suggests it's a sensor tripped out by inserting >> > headphones or some other 1/8" analog audio source no? Thought it >worth >> > passing along... Jim >> > Today, utterly randomly and with no provocation, the built-in speaker >> > output >> > disappeared from my System Preferences on my MacBook Pro and the >> > speakers >> > would no longer work, except for the boot-up chime. All that I could >get >> > was >> > digital audio out and the red light coming out of the speaker port. >> > Searching online turned up nothing until the right combination of >words >> > led >> > me to this Apple support message board thread. While Apple does not >have >> > a >> > solution for this problem and tries replacing the board with the audio >> > port, >> > you can solve the problem by sticking a toothpick or a paperclip into >> > the >> > slot (preferably while the red digital audio light is on) and at >around >> > the >> > 5-o-clock position there is some sort of switch or rocker that needs >to >> > be >> > gently pushed. There will be a bit of a click. After a few seconds >your >> > audio will start working again. >> > >> > -- >> > ReUse, an introspective textural aural journey coming soon... >> > >> > music links... >> > www.jimgoodinmusic.com >> > www.chinapaintingmusic.com >> > www.myspace.com/jimgoodinmusic >> > www.myspace.com/chinapaintingmusic >> > www.myspace.com/jimgoodinviolinelectro >> > www.myspace.com/jindream >> > www.youtube.com/jimgoodinmusic >> > >> > video work/editing... >> > www.vimeo.com/jimgoodindigital >> > >> > social networking... >> > www.twitter.com/jimgoodinmusic >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > ReUse, an introspective textural aural journey coming soon... > > music links... > www.jimgoodinmusic.com > www.chinapaintingmusic.com > www.myspace.com/jimgoodinmusic > www.myspace.com/chinapaintingmusic > www.myspace.com/jimgoodinviolinelectro > www.myspace.com/jindream > www.youtube.com/jimgoodinmusic > > video work/editing... > www.vimeo.com/jimgoodindigital > > social networking... > www.twitter.com/jimgoodinmusic > >