| Let me rephrase, what I want to attempt is to switch the function between the recording jack and input jack on a sound card. There are only two inputs on the jack, an input and recording. On a laptop i picked up recently, I've noticed that the input doesn't seem to work, I believe there is a bent wire which is grounding the connection, disabling both the internal speakers and any other speakers I try to plug into it. I know the sound card isn't completely malfunctioning since if I fiddle with a 1/8'' jack, if I plug it in partially and move it around, I can re-enable the internal speakers, but only for the period of time that I am holding the cable in place. If I were to switch the function of the recording line with the input line, wouldn't the short on the input just bypass as the recording jack wouldn't be active, and allow me to at least use the internal speakers? |