Help! It's Stuck & I Can't Get It Out!!!!!!!
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Pocket Pfeffer
Vide Cor Meum
Join date: 19 May 2007
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02-10-2008 18:01
I did my first live SL gig on Saturday, all went well untill the last 10 minutes when my mic suddenly stopped working. Anyway.... It took me quite a while to figure out what went wrong....but eventually I did....and though I wasn't laughing at the time, I kinda see the funny side of it now...  The jack connection from my mic seems to have broken in half with one half being stuck inside the mic socket on the front of my computer and I've absolutely no idea how I'm going to get it out......... I'm at my wit's end...well whatever's left of them anyway!! Would any of you kind people have any suggestions?? (please no rude ones, no-matter how tempting it may be  ) |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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02-10-2008 18:09
Pick up the computer and tilt it so the object can fall out. Shake gently.
Tweezers.
Wrap some tape around a pin and get it out with that.
Open computer, see if you can get it out from inside.
Go to store, buy soundcard and mike, or a spare mike plug, install sound card, splice mike wires, proceed.
Get usb mike converter, and usb mike.
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Antone Blessed
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Join date: 21 Nov 2007
Posts: 14
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02-10-2008 18:22
How about :
Sharpen a match stick slightly. Check that it locates ok into the jack socket.
Carefully load the end of the match stick with super glue. Delicately insert into the jack socket to engage with the broken end of the plug.
Leave in place for 5 minutes to ensure the best possible adhesion. Withdraw match stick with slow steady pressure. Hey presto, problem solved.
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Pocket Pfeffer
Vide Cor Meum
Join date: 19 May 2007
Posts: 586
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02-10-2008 19:11
Thanks guys for the suggestions..... I'm going to try to open it up tomorrow and see if I can take it out that way, I'd use the 'tilt & shake' method but it's wedged in pretty tightly. The 'superglue' sounds interesting ...though I'll leave that untill the last resort... Regarding 'pixelsex'...lol well, If it's half as much trouble as getting a jack stuck inside your computer....lol.....I think I'll leave it for now |
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Robot Foxley
Input Collector
Join date: 9 May 2007
Posts: 113
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02-10-2008 19:30
If any of the broken mic connection is sticking out of the hole grab it with needle nose pliers and pull it out.
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Pocket Pfeffer
Vide Cor Meum
Join date: 19 May 2007
Posts: 586
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02-11-2008 03:39
Unfortunately, none of the broken connection is visible....so I can't use a pliers etc....
I know that this isn't a world-changing issue...lol...but it's driving me absolutely insane!
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Markubis Brentano
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Join date: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 836
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02-11-2008 04:37
All great suggestions posted above. Next time, try not to dance around the room so much during a gig.  |
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Sally Silvera
live music maniac
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,325
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02-11-2008 04:48
No suggestions to add really, but hope you work it out soon! Congrats on a great first gig Pocket!!!!!! and thanks again for the invite. /me recommends that everyone go listen to Pocket's great voice next time....  . |
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2k Suisei
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Join date: 9 Nov 2006
Posts: 2,150
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02-11-2008 04:54
use a big magnet!  |
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Kelly Kuiper
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Join date: 20 Nov 2006
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02-11-2008 05:02
No suggestions to add to the above. But I think Pocket has just won the 'Must Click On' Thread Title Of The Year award. |
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Raudf Fox
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Join date: 25 Feb 2005
Posts: 5,119
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02-11-2008 05:14
One thing my dad did when something similar happened to him with a stereo was to drill a tiny hole into the stuck piece.. then insert a needle with a thin coating of super glue or something equally sticky into the hole. He could then pull it out.. or it broke the thing into pieces so they fell out. I can't remember which, but it worked.
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Lota Lyon
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Join date: 5 Oct 2006
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02-11-2008 06:35
I have to agree with Kelly Kuiper "But I think Pocket has just won the 'Must Click On' Thread Title Of The Year award. ". Although it was a "must" click on thread, I have to admit a tiny bit of anxiety came with that click!  |
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Salvador Nakamura
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Join date: 16 Jan 2007
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02-11-2008 06:40
put the other half of the plug back in, put some presure on it, so it pushes against the broken half, and patiently twist it around, slightly pulling it ?
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Lilly Lalonde
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Join date: 6 Sep 2006
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02-11-2008 07:01
Well what ever option you choose make sure that everything is unplugged first!!! Good luck with all the tips.
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Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
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02-11-2008 07:12
When's the next gig and I get an invite? I was away over the weekend! - Is there a Pocket Alert Group? Pocket Fans, etc...
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Sandy Carver
I'm a bloke!
Join date: 7 Nov 2007
Posts: 295
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02-11-2008 07:19
From: Amaranthim Talon When's the next gig and I get an invite? I was away over the weekend! - Is there a Pocket Alert Group? Pocket Fans, etc... Yes I too would like to be on the official Pop Up Pocket Posts should such a thing exist. I was fully intending on attending at the weekend, but I became entangled in the web of amusing banter being delivered by Djai Skjellerup and his Doo Do Doooo's. By the way, I've been genuinely trying to think of a way to get your broken plug out. I was going down the route of the tiny drill idea, or perhaps some solder on a paperclip? Yes, solder on a paperclip!! Thats the answer!! I'm a genius! Failing that you could try and find somebody with really tiny hands.
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