Hello everyone!
A few years back my audio jacks started acting weird (one of them being ignored completely) and I've been looking for a solution ever since.
A few days back I disassembled the whole thing and it seems like the jacks itself are still well soldered to the board: it is not caused by the jack itself. Because of this I suspect the Realtek HD sound-chip, often described on fora as a cheap piece of junk.
I must admit I did not look at the chip yet, since I was only looking at the jacks when I disassembled the laptop.
Replacing the chip will be a scary job, since in this case the soldering should be redone. Replacing the mobo crossed my mind, but I guess the stopped selling these and if the still do somewhere it probably wont go cheap.
Anyhow, this guy: No Sound From Headphone Jack With Realtek Hd Audio Device - Single Post said putting the laptop in the freezer will solve a similar problem.
Even if this will help I am worried about the safety of such an action. Of course I could only freeze the mobo and keep everything else out, but I googled around and found people saying the change of temperature might cause chips to break and that the condense could cause short circuit.
So I wondered what do you guys consider the best solution?
BTW I if was possible to only cool the audiochip in stead of the whole mobo :S
A few years back my audio jacks started acting weird (one of them being ignored completely) and I've been looking for a solution ever since.
A few days back I disassembled the whole thing and it seems like the jacks itself are still well soldered to the board: it is not caused by the jack itself. Because of this I suspect the Realtek HD sound-chip, often described on fora as a cheap piece of junk.
I must admit I did not look at the chip yet, since I was only looking at the jacks when I disassembled the laptop.
Replacing the chip will be a scary job, since in this case the soldering should be redone. Replacing the mobo crossed my mind, but I guess the stopped selling these and if the still do somewhere it probably wont go cheap.
Anyhow, this guy: No Sound From Headphone Jack With Realtek Hd Audio Device - Single Post said putting the laptop in the freezer will solve a similar problem.
Even if this will help I am worried about the safety of such an action. Of course I could only freeze the mobo and keep everything else out, but I googled around and found people saying the change of temperature might cause chips to break and that the condense could cause short circuit.
So I wondered what do you guys consider the best solution?
BTW I if was possible to only cool the audiochip in stead of the whole mobo :S
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 x64Intel dualcore P8400 @ 2.26 GHz4G DDR2 SDRAMATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus X70VR
- OS
- Windows 7 x64
- CPU
- Intel dualcore P8400 @ 2.26 GHz
- Motherboard
- 64-0100-000001-00101111-072208-Cantiga$M70VX2
- Memory
- 4G DDR2 SDRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC663 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG Philips LP171WP4-TLN1 (or television using HDMI Cable)
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- Hard Disk Name: Momentus 5400.5 320320
Interface: SATA-II
Formatted Capacity: 320 GB
Max. Internal Data Rate: 490.4 Mbit/s
Buffer Size: 8 MB
