yesterday my Acer Aspire 5560 took a rough hit falling a few feet. I had to partly dissassemble the case to put it back together, and one USB port became unusable. Otherwise, it seemed a little beaten and bruised but workable, but today I am noticing the sound has suffered some kind fo setback.
Today, playback Devices does not recognize headphones when plugged into the front jack. However, plugging in headphones DOES cause the external speakers to shut off, normally, just as before. However, the quality of sound coming through headphones is now noticeably worse than usual. In addition, the volume is much, much lower ... 30% was before verging on too high and now I can turn up headphones to 100% with no problem.
The main problem is the worse sound quality because I do some sound editing and can't hear the work well anymore. Being under the vague impression that this laptop's sound card is probably part of the mobo, it still obviously WORKS, in general, but something is not working as it did before.
I am almost wondering if to buy a new computer because I just cannot seem to nail down what the problem is exactly and I need to be able to hear. Any thoughts on worthwhile solutions (is a separate sound card feasible for this laptop?), or what the damage might have been?
Today, playback Devices does not recognize headphones when plugged into the front jack. However, plugging in headphones DOES cause the external speakers to shut off, normally, just as before. However, the quality of sound coming through headphones is now noticeably worse than usual. In addition, the volume is much, much lower ... 30% was before verging on too high and now I can turn up headphones to 100% with no problem.
The main problem is the worse sound quality because I do some sound editing and can't hear the work well anymore. Being under the vague impression that this laptop's sound card is probably part of the mobo, it still obviously WORKS, in general, but something is not working as it did before.
I am almost wondering if to buy a new computer because I just cannot seem to nail down what the problem is exactly and I need to be able to hear. Any thoughts on worthwhile solutions (is a separate sound card feasible for this laptop?), or what the damage might have been?
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