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Silica grain stuck in audio port...
Ariesnl
Member #2,902
November 2002
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Today I wanted to connect my headphone to my laptop. But the phonejack would not go in anymore.
Investigation revealed that somehow a grain of silica (the stuff you get with camera's and other electronics in a "sugarbag") got stuck in the audioport.
I tried to get it out, but to no avail...:-/

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

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torhu
Member #2,727
September 2002
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Can't get it out with a needle?

DanielH
Member #934
January 2001
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Compressed air can

torhu
Member #2,727
September 2002
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Try the garden hose if you don't have a pressure washer :P

Ariesnl
Member #2,902
November 2002
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@Torhu :I do have a kärcher, I bet it comes out 🤣🤣🤣

Perhaps one day we will find that the human factor is more complicated than space and time (Jean luc Picard)
Current project: [Star Trek Project ] Join if you want ;-)

Polybios
Member #12,293
October 2010

Vacuum cleaner?

Saw? 8-)

DanielH
Member #934
January 2001
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Soldering iron and a replacement port?

Ariesnl
Member #2,902
November 2002
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A microdrill and some compressed air did the trick ;D

Perhaps one day we will find that the human factor is more complicated than space and time (Jean luc Picard)
Current project: [Star Trek Project ] Join if you want ;-)

Polybios
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October 2010

Pics or it didn't happen. :P

DanielH
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January 2001
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Kind of too late for that. I'm sure he can show you a pic of an empty socket.

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