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Help Replacing Earphone Jack

TLong1303

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Aug 25, 2015
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My daughter dropped my Dell Inspirion, the ear phone Jack got jammed inside the laptop and now the whole component was jammed inside and is now lose in my computer. Can anyone tell me, first off, how do I take the lap top apart? And what would the processes be to reconnect the ear phone Jack? Please, any help would be great. Thank you.
 
Please unpower and remove the battery before the jack accidentally shorts out something vital inside and kills the entire laptop.
 
If you don't know how to solder, you will have to take it to a professional.

As for taking your laptop apart, look for a teardown on youtube matching the model of your laptop.