Personal computing discussed
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morphine wrote:I found this, but it's $110
computron9000 wrote:hehe morphine
<$30 please.
morphine wrote:Then wouldn't he have to jerry-rig another section where it is a female 1/8" plug (for his super expensive good headphone set) and another end a bunch of copper (for hot wiring the cut analog section)? I suppose this is a much easier problem to solve than a neat device which costs quite some $$.**edit** why not buy some cheap USB headphones and cut the cord in the middle of the analog section?
Mr. Bamboo Head wrote:you broke your alienware already? that sucks man.
Flying Fox wrote:morphine wrote:Then wouldn't he have to jerry-rig another section where it is a female 1/8" plug**edit** why not buy some cheap USB headphones and cut the cord in the middle of the analog section?
morphine wrote:Flying Fox wrote:morphine wrote:Then wouldn't he have to jerry-rig another section where it is a female 1/8" plug**edit** why not buy some cheap USB headphones and cut the cord in the middle of the analog section?
Yes indeed.
- Get El-Cheapo branded USB headset.
- Cut the wire just a bit right after the analog section starts.
- Throw said headset in the trash where it belongs.
- Solder a 1/8" jack plug in the wires, make sure it's neat (anyone with a soldering iron can do this, it's just 3 wires).
- Profit!
computron9000 wrote:I really don't know how I'd go about repairing it, in all honesty. I'd have to take the case off and figure out why the jack is loose and floating around about 1" inside the case from where it's supposed to be.
Forge wrote:True. There was some really strange customizations to those ports at times since more pins were available than needed. Theoretically a vendor may have, in the past, piped on-board audio onto unused pins and bundled a break-out cable, but I have never read about or come across such an arrangement.I only bring it up because you kept referring to a 1/8" to USB adapter, and it's not nearly that simple. You can no more pipe your onboard or PCI audio over a USB port than you could over a serial DB9 or parallel DB25 port.
Forge wrote:It always weirds me out when people dig up a 2 or 3 year old thread and reply. It really creeps me out when I'm quoted. At least I've been agreeing with my old quotes more often the last few years.
derFunkenstein wrote:probably need to auto-lock threads after 6 months.