Audio jack poor connection fix for Acer E5-573g-59c3?

muradomar24

So my audio jack connection has been poor on my laptop for over a year and its definently the laptop and not my headphones because they work fine on my phone and new headphones still dont work on the laptop. Is the connection soldered on or is it by screw because it is missing some screws. If soldered on is there some cheap alternative to fixing the connection like a glue becuase I dont want to learn soldering.

JackE

Sorry. Soldered to the mainboard. It might be just poor grounds because the barrel diameters of the headphone plugs are too small particularly the cheap ones. Furthermore, the laptop jack is made for quality headsets with mic (like Sony, Bose), not headphones or those used on cellphones. You're probably better off using bluetooth headphones.

muradomar24

JackE said:

Sorry. Soldered to the mainboard. It might be just poor grounds because the barrel diameters of the headphone plugs are too small particularly the cheap ones. Furthermore, the laptop jack is made for quality headsets with mic (like Sony, Bose), not headphones or those used on cellphones. You're probably better off using bluetooth headphones.

Is there some type of glue I could use instead of soldering?

JackE

Absolutely not. You risk ruining the mainboard. Glue does not conduct electricity. Solder does!

The jack is not the problem anyway. It's the type of headphone plug that you're trying to force into the jack that's not designed to accept.

The barrel diameter of your headphone plugs are too small and don't make good contact. Furthermore, headphone plugs don't have 4 conductor tip-ring-ring-sleeve (TRRS) headset configuration (see image below) that the jack is designed for. So the plug and jack contacts are hard to align properly with headphones.

muradomar24

JackE said:

Absolutely not. You risk ruining the mainboard. Glue does not conduct electricity. Solder does!

The jack is not the problem anyway. It's the type of headphone plug that you're trying to force into the jack that's not designed to accept.

The barrel diameter of your headphone plugs are too small and don't make good contact. Furthermore, headphone plugs don't have 4 conductor tip-ring-ring-sleeve (TRRS) headset configuration (see image below) that the jack is designed for. So the plug and jack contacts are hard to align properly with headphones.

I read somewhere that you can soldier with this thermal paste and heat. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002615667957.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2314442e0iLSr3&algo_pvid=1d23ab20-6672-4f36-91e4-1d02b52655c7&algo_exp_id=1d23ab20-6672-4f36-91e4-1d02b52655c7-0&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id":"12000021407054500"}&pdp_pi=-1;1.23;-1;-1@salePrice;USD;search-mainSearch

Also It isnt my headphones because they worked before.

JackE

Like mentioned earlier, headphone plugs are difficult to align properly. You were lucky you didn't ruin the jack. Wear & tear changes plugs over time. Use bluetooth headphones instead of risking your mainboard and jack by continuing to force-fit a plug that isn't a quality TRRS plug.like Sony or Bose headsets.