A piece of broken headphone jack is lodged in my computer.

[Jaxx]

you can get a soundport to usb adapter for like three bucks, go to an electronics store.

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[Momentum]

>solder off the audio input jacks
>buy new jacks off ebay or something for like 5 bucks

bam. most environmentally friendly solution too.

[Alyx Vance]

You don't have front ports?

[Mysteroo]

I think this is being overcomplicated

This happened to me once. Looked it up online and the easiest way to fix it I could find was to find something kind of small like a pen- maybe smaller, and put some glue on the end. Then stick it to whatever's stuck inside, wait for it to dry some so it will stick, and pull it out

and then buy USB headphones. Much more simple than installing an entirely new sound card

[Mute]

This happened to me once. Looked it up online and the easiest way to fix it I could find was to find something kind of small like a pen- maybe smaller, and put some glue on the end. Then stick it to whatever's stuck inside, wait for it to dry some so it will stick, and pull it out

This can, and probably will work.
The piece that is stuck wont effect the computer in any way, and your computer more than likely has ports in the front. If you have speakers, they will still work just fine regardless of the headphone jack being blocked. Buying a new soundcard would be silly.

What I want to know, is how that got stuck in there.

[Alyx Vance]

The computer might be thinking that the card has headphones plugged in and won't use the speaker.

[Fluff-is-back]

>solder off the audio input jacks
>buy new jacks off ebay or something for like 5 bucks

bam. most environmentally friendly solution too.

They are surface mounted anids

[Fastlex]

Take apart the PC?
Take it to a PC repair shop?

[Momentum]

Take apart the PC?

uh

how will this fix anything

[Fastlex]

So you can get to the green plug and push it out.

[Setro]

Use the tweezers of a multi-tool to get it out.

[Sentry]

If you attempt to take it out make sure to turn off the computer before doing so.

[Marcem]

Plug headphones into the orange slot, it should work just as well as the green port.

[dorkdotdan]

Jacks are usually made of stamped metal and easily accessible from the inside. If you remove your computer's cover you should be able to push it out with something on the other side.

[Setro]

If you attempt to take it out make sure to turn off the computer before doing so.

If he's not playing any music or sounds, nothing is transmitted through the plug, so if you're speaking of electrocution, you are right and wrong.