My Front I/O Audio Jack On My Case Doesn't Work Properly

[iorthodox]

I've had at least three headphones, and whenever I try any of them, the connection quality is distinctly different for each of them. What I mean is that there's a very weird angle my chord has to be to have both ears of the headphones to have crystal clear quality. Sometimes when I'm playing video games, I bump my audio chord a little, and then what'll happen is that the left or right ear is either completely deaf or is half working, which would deafen the ambient sounds or those that are just a little louder than that like walking. Is there some kind of magical fix for this that doesn't involve buying some new I/O ports for my case?

 

[jay32267]

Well....you could try a couple things.
You could try spraying some electronic contact cleaner or something similar that is safe for plastics into the jack WHEN THE PC IS UNPLUGGED....and let it dry and then power up and try it.
or you could try to get to the back of the jack and bend the little metal tabs in so you get more pressure....that is IF you can get access to the tabs. This may depend on the style of the jack.