Is it Possible: To Use Mic Jack as Headphone Jack?

bmn187 · 11-19-2007, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by oscaryu1

Buy a USB sound card or PCMCIA sound card

yea i guess thats my only option. I heard that the sound quality out of those is terrible, its not true is it?

PohTayToez · 11-19-2007, 01:48 AM

Just get a USB to headphone/mic jack... it uses your sound card to process the sound, all it does is allow sound output through USB. Or they make USB headsets... you could get one of those.

pc-tech · 11-19-2007, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmn187

I have a laptop on which the headphone jack is messed up. So I'm wondering, since it's one sound card, and headphone and mic jacks are identical, is it possible to alter the drivers, to switch the output/inputs and use the mic jack as the headphone jack?

nope cbd

pc-tech · 11-24-2007, 04:00 PM

here, i just found this,
http://www.usbfever.com/index_eprodu...roducts_id=400

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pc-tech banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Berkley Ma Posts: 857	here, i just found this, http://www.usbfever.com/index_eprodu...roducts_id=400