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Speakers not working after headphone use
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Daniel Bayer
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Jun 5, 2008, 10:21 AM
 
I used my iPod headphones a few nights ago on my MacBook Pro 1st gen and now I get the stupid red glow out of the jack and no sound from the speakers. Even re-boots and putting the head phones in and out does not do anything.

WTF?

Next revision of the line, I am out of this problematic unit, definitely the most troublesome mac I have ever used.
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Jun 5, 2008, 04:47 PM
 
The red glow means it thinks an optical audio device is attached; it's a pretty common problem and I found the following options through Google:

1) Poke it with a toothpick until it's fixed.
2) Run a more configurable operating system that lets you disable it.
3) Replace the logic board.

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Zee
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Jun 6, 2008, 03:24 AM
 
Did u check ur sound AND speaker config on the computer
     
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Jun 8, 2008, 04:37 PM
 
plug in the headphones and then disconnect them again. Try it a couple times.

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