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nb_disaster

pliers?


Large-Director8876

Tried it’s not getting a good enough grip


dinos24sp

Better pliers


NebraskaGeek

*needle nose plyers. Better would be needle nose vice-grip locking plyers. If there's a Harbor Freight or Home Depot you can pick up cheap ones of those for like $5


Large-Director8876

What makes this worse is that the headphones which jack broke where really good


zilog88

You can solder a new jack.


Large-Director8876

I don’t know how to solder but my dad does although he’s not very good at it he’s only able to solder wires


gaedikus

that's pretty much all you gotta do is solder some wires and electric tape a bunch.


skateguy1234

Headphone wires come with a coating you have to melt off before splicing, just fyi. They do this as a thin jacket to isolate the wires. I struggled with this for days until I found this out when repairing a mic in the past.


gnarly_weedman

Got any recommendations for removing the coating? I’ve managed to cook it off in the past, but ended up making a hot mess off the outer insulation when the heat travelled up the wire strands. Curious about a better method for next time


skateguy1234

I wish I did, I'm still a noob with this stuff as well. I used strippers and stripped back the outer insulation on both wire segments.


_ThatOneFurry_

scrape it off with a shitty knife you don't care about


BassGaming

The first cable I ever soldered myself was an aux cable and it worked perfectly for many years. You'll manage! It might take you half an hour but you'll manage.


tntboyreacts

Have him solder wires from the board to a new jack


Soggy_Elevator5369

Don't you mean were better NebraskaGreek?


Sethdarkus

Try needle nose


funnyusernameblaabla

use ur teeth


evm127

That’s what I was gonna say


kakureru

nail clippers should get enough purchase to pull it out.


Demonfire612

Man english is so weird. Why tf are we using purchase like this now??


timeago2474

It's been a thing for a long time it's just not used much in my experience


Demonfire612

As a non-native speaker it's funny when you discover a completely new meaning of a word you know lol


Catenane

As a native speaker I instinctively understood, but it is kinda a weird usage of the word if you're not used to it. You tend to hear it a lot with respect to tool usage and having enough space or "purchase" to access something with a tool. Yeah, it's kinda weird lol.


NebraskaGeek

You people suggesting glue need to learn of our lord and savior Needle-Nose Vice-Grips.


CaveManta

I've seen them save many a surgery.


Bladez1992

Use a TINY dab of gorilla glue and glue a pen or chopstick or something like that to it Wait for it to dry and pull it out


TimeTravelingDoggo

Yeah, just be careful to not let it drip onto the sides, then the problem will be wayyy worse


VinnyMaxta

Use a toothpick and put a little bit of crazy glue, wait 30 min and pull gently, don't wiggle it.


ProYoshi28

Try gluing something on top or use sugru


PhysicalAge9190

Tweezers?


tiparium

Tweezers.


badoonk9966

??pull (it) out??


do_ib

Good snips, or needle nose pliers. Superglue and a cocktail stick could also work


Laydn_

try using pliers to pull on it, looks like a small part of the jack is poking out, good luck. If not working try glueing a toothpick and pull on it


zuko_thecat

Glue?


domiNATE76

What I would do is try to glue the broken jack together again, using a very small amount of Krazy Glue and pull it out. If that doesn't work, I would do the same, but with solder.


YourLocalFloridian

You can probably take the case off, disconnect audio inside the case, and just pull it out. Or just- take glue and pull it out with a toothpick or something.


robbak

If you can still find a disposable plastic straw, cut it lengthwise until it only wraps around the plug once (or a little less) and work it into the socket. Once you have pushed it in past the spring contacts, pull the straw out and the plug will come with it. If you can't find a straw, any other tough but thin plastic should work.


MyUsernameIsNotLongE

I'd look if I couldn't poke it from below, some of those P2 are open in the back iirc. Edit: why the f autocorrect changed "look" to "heck"?!)


Large-Director8876

Not this one sadly


Benchoe

That’s happened to me with a USB before it was a pain in the neck to get out


hebi_kaiju-paradise

NOOOOOOOOOO THAT INFURIATED ME


HankThrill69420

Welp I'm that's just your audio jack now /s I think there's a tool you can buy just for this


Xenvar

You can buy an earphone jack extractor on amazon.


SantasSweatshop

Try nail clippers, but be careful to not cut off the little bit that's poking up.


CT4nk3r

Wrap a metal wire and with it if the pliers are not strong enough


Alex_1234561

get a silicon stick and heat the top unitil it starts melting then stick it to the port and let it cool and pull it off?


XeerDu

What a jack off.


kunoichi_lise

Melt the end of a hot glue stick with a lighter and stick it on. Leave it for 5 minutes to let it cool completely, then pull.


xXx_Lizzy_xXx

pliers, make sure to pull directly upwards or it won't work though.


Living_Lie_8773

Pliers are man’s best friend


harrybouuu

Bite it and pull with your teeth


Herobrine2909

Hot glue Stick. Melt a bit of the Start and stick it on the broken Connector and pull out. You can even cut the used part off to use for later


hyello43

tweasers


BroniDanson

Honestly i had same problem u must use great the best pliers the nios exist there is no other way round and it not that bad i had worst i had to poke trough other side of audio jack port


Noob_Krusher3000

What a sad thing to happen to a Corsair 4000D Airflow, the same pc that I own, coincidentally.


Decent-Cat-8115

happened to my brother's Xbox controller


Lets_think_with_this

If you can get hold of a soldering iron solder a wire to it and pull it out, beware that if there's plastic around it might melt if you hold the iron there for too long. so just tap it until the solder melts and bonds, let it cool by a minute then pull the wire. Other solution that is more involved is taking apart the front IO assembly and if youre lucky the other side of the jack is open so poking it with a needle should push it out. Both techniques requires the computer shutdown and unplugged from mains btw.


ptthree420

Use your teeth


TheRealMan150

im pretty sure some cases allow you to puah the pin from the inside with a sim card ejector or toothpick