The Official Computer Tech Support Thread

[GeddyBass2112]

Cheers guys to anyone who's helped so far.

Originally Posted by s_k

In that case I'm afraid your sound card opamp or just your jack plug is ****ed up.
It still could be a software issue. Have you tried turn... nevermind.
Have you tried playing a CD?

Everything else works media-wise. It's just my headphone socket which is screwed up. I can play DVDs, CDs, all my mp3s, but when I try and use my headphones I get the problem.

Originally Posted by Burning Down

How are the speakers on your laptop?

The external speakers work fine.

Originally Posted by Zero1986

If it's a soundcard problem you could try updating or reinstalling your soundcard drivers. It might fix it or it might not, but it's worth trying.

It doesn't seem to be a problem with the soundcard, playback is fine on both my built-in and on external speakers.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by GeddyBass2112

It's just my headphone socket which is screwed up.

Sounds like it's just your headphone socket that's screwed up.

Unfortunately, if it's a standard built-in sound card attached to the mobo, you'll be better off just buying an external USB soundcard.

[GeddyBass2112]

Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Sounds like it's just your headphone socket that's screwed up.

Unfortunately, if it's a standard built-in sound card attached to the mobo, you'll be better off just buying an external USB soundcard.

To be honest that seems like the best solution. I can either send it back to the repair techs for free and wait the two weeks it took them last time to do a 10min job, or I can pay and get an instant solution. 'Cause at present I really can't afford to be without my laptop.

[s_k]

Using windows? Try that little speaker on the bottom right corner of your screen.
Maybe your balance is set to one side.

[GeddyBass2112]

Nope, that's all normal...

[s_k]

In that case I'm afraid your sound card opamp or just your jack plug is ****ed up.
It still could be a software issue. Have you tried turn... nevermind.
Have you tried playing a CD?

[Burning Down]

How are the speakers on your laptop?

[TheBig3]

Suddenly, my computer loses the ability to click links or functions of the browser (Firefox). It took me forever to get here.

I feel like its a virus or something like that. It could be a processor issue, but it happened so suddenly that it makes me concerned. Any help?

EDIT: Whats even more odd is that when the screen "locks up"* if I alt-tab to another screen then immediately jump back I have free range - it works as normal. But if you're on the page for a few seconds, nothing works again.

*its almost as if it glosses over the page. Like you're looking at a PDF. I can mouse-wheel up and down but thats it. Refreshing the page occasionally works, but otherwise nothing.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by TheBig3

Suddenly, my computer loses the ability to click links or functions of the browser (Firefox). It took me forever to get here.

I feel like its a virus or something like that. It could be a processor issue, but it happened so suddenly that it makes me concerned. Any help?

This may sound like a dumb question, but have you tried restarting it?

Also, what OS are you using?

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

This may sound like a dumb question, but have you tried restarting it?

Also, what OS are you using?

Not dumb at all. Actually I just did restart and things seem to be functioning much better now.

XP home by the way.

Edit:

While I'm in here, I'm thinking of buying a new computer, (Since this is an '02 Dell). I sorta want a Dual-Core Processor, a half decent graphics card, and I need MS Publisher for work. What do you think something like that would run me? (I'd like a terrabite of storage but I'll take what I can get).