mrharrison@lion.waterloo.edu (Mike Harrison) (06/29/90)
Well, this morning I was reading news, when I heard this "pop!" and smelt the tell-tale smell of electronics burning, accompanied by my internal speaker suddenly start sounding like TV's sound when the cable's off the air. So I went "Arrghh!" and shut down the computer, opened it up, and made sure nothing was burning. It wasn't, thankfully. It seems that something in my internal speaker blew out. It still produces sound (and I ran a self-test which still says "System Good") but you hear that other sound over top the regular sound. This goes away when I hook up external speakers through the headphone jack. So I have a couple of questions: 1) Has this happened to any other GS users, and if so, how much did it cost to get the speaker fixed/replaced? 2) It is alright if I keep using the computer with external speakers, or will I be running a risk that the internal speaker will catch on fire and blow something else out? It's really not practical for me to get it fixed until September. Does the speaker still receive power when the headphone jack is being used? Mike -- Mike Harrison | "Touch my monkey! Touch him! LOVE him!" mrharrison@lion.waterloo.edu | -- Dieter, SNL
toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (07/07/90)
mrharrison@lion.waterloo.edu (Mike Harrison) writes: >2) It is alright if I keep using the computer with external speakers, or > will I be running a risk that the internal speaker will catch on fire > and blow something else out? It's really not practical for me to > get it fixed until September. Does the speaker still receive power > when the headphone jack is being used? No, it doesn't -- the headphone jack has a clever switch mechanism in it that disconnects the internal speaker when a headphone is plugged in. I recommend external speakers in any case, especially if you have a stereo card. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu