fix the microphone jack on tower/Replace it.

[gfunk692]

My microphone jack isn t working and my jack is loose when I plug it in I need to replace the jack..How do I do it?

 

[Yoann Teodosieff]

If you can still get sound while pushing it to the right, you probably didn't permanently break anything. You probably just ripped the solder joints off the jack. If you're handy with a solder gun, you should be able to re-solder the wires to the 3.5mm jack. Or if it's a surface mount doohickey, re-solder the 3.5mm jack to the board.

If the jack is cracked, a replacement shouldn't be too expensive. You'll have to solder the new piece in place, but an exact fit shouldn't be that important since it's just a front panel connector (laptops have much tighter tolerances).
http://www.jdslabs.com/item.php?fetchitem=45
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM6648538007P...

If soldering is beyond your abilities, ask Zalman about the cost of a replacement top panel headphone/mic I/O board for your case model. They're usually a single board which snaps into place, with one set of wires (or two if it has USB sockets) which plugs into pins on the motherboard. Trivial to swap out. You might even be able to salvage a different one from an old case and make it fit.

- Solandri @TomsGuide

http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-1685978/broke-front-panel-audio-jack.html

 

[gfunk692]

Thanks for your help,also I have a mic plug on bk of tower could I use that one and leave my headphone plugged on front side?

 

[Yoann Teodosieff]

If only the microphone jack is broken then there is absolutly no problem to keep using your headphones in the front of your computer instead of the back.