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Q: Red light in headphone jack and no sound from internal speakers.

Hi,

 

I have a 15" MBP and recently a red light has appeared in the headphone jack. This red light coincides with the loss of audio from internal speakers. I've tried pulling a haedphone minplug in and out to no avail. Red light = NO AUDIO. Any help is greatly appreciated. 

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), MBP 13.3 2.7 GHZ 8GB i7

Posted on Jan 29, 2012 10:12 AM

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  • by eelke33,

    eelke33 eelke33 Nov 22, 2014 7:38 AM in response to wjosten
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    Nov 22, 2014 7:38 AM in response to wjosten

    Works!! Thanks!

  • by Dani19924,

    Dani19924 Dani19924 Dec 25, 2014 8:45 AM in response to Lord Elfin
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    Dec 25, 2014 8:45 AM in response to Lord Elfin

    Hi, I have the same problem but using this method I can't disable the digital output and I don't know if I'm doing something wrong. I have an iMac Late 2013 running Yosemite. Please help me!! Thanks

  • by Dani19924,

    Dani19924 Dani19924 Dec 25, 2014 8:49 AM in response to dpeast12
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    Dec 25, 2014 8:49 AM in response to dpeast12

    My item for example is item 6 using profiteer

  • by Brevitrio,

    Brevitrio Brevitrio Jan 23, 2015 8:58 PM in response to eww
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    Jan 23, 2015 8:58 PM in response to eww

    Thank you SOO much haha, I can't believe I didn't think to do that.

  • by youngbry,

    youngbry youngbry Mar 6, 2015 1:02 PM in response to dpeast12
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    Mar 6, 2015 1:02 PM in response to dpeast12

    Just had the same issue... blowing very hard for several seconds into the output jack works perfectly. just put my lips to the computer and sealed my mouth on it, and blew super hard. It actually works.

  • by jdcifuentes,

    jdcifuentes jdcifuentes Mar 10, 2015 11:29 PM in response to Dani19924
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    Mar 10, 2015 11:29 PM in response to Dani19924

    Can you find a solution for this?, and there is more than one item that have the "Cirrus" description

  • by paul.ecomm,

    paul.ecomm paul.ecomm Apr 23, 2015 8:11 AM in response to dpeast12
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    Apr 23, 2015 8:11 AM in response to dpeast12

    I had this problem too. I tied the poking, prodding thing and everything else listed here...then by coincidence when I was trying to fix something else (frozen boot bar)... I did the following and my sound started working normally again

     

    Resetting NVRAM

    1. Shut down your Mac.
    2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R.
    3. Turn on your Mac.
    4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys immediately after you hear the startup sound.
    5. Hold these keys until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for a second time.
    6. Release the keys.

    After resetting NVRAM, you may need to reconfigure settings for speaker volume, screen resolution, startup disk selection, and time zone information.

    It may be worth a try

  • by warmel,

    warmel warmel May 13, 2015 6:48 PM in response to dpeast12
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    May 13, 2015 6:48 PM in response to dpeast12

    I just blew really hard into my headphone jack and it worked great

  • by sazgillaz,

    sazgillaz sazgillaz Jun 1, 2015 5:59 AM in response to Vitimtk
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    Jun 1, 2015 5:59 AM in response to Vitimtk

    thankyou, tried everything in all the other cmoments and then saw your comment, blew on it hard and sound came back within 3 seconds

  • by jbuczny,

    jbuczny jbuczny Jun 19, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Vedant J.
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    Jun 19, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Vedant J.

    I turned my mac by putting the audio input up. Then plugged in a jack a few times and it worked - the speaker sound was back.

  • by moarangthemamo,

    moarangthemamo moarangthemamo Jun 28, 2015 2:59 PM in response to Vitimtk
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    Jun 28, 2015 2:59 PM in response to Vitimtk

    Finally after trying everything mentioned on thread "Blowing air into the port" worked for me too. Thanks a lot. :-)

  • by fretyno,

    fretyno fretyno Jul 13, 2015 8:53 AM in response to dpeast12
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    Jul 13, 2015 8:53 AM in response to dpeast12

    I tried all methods written in this topic and still no have solution. Does anybody have a new solution?

    MBP running Yosemite, then El Capitan Public 1

  • by Super Fancy,

    Super Fancy Super Fancy Jul 18, 2015 1:51 AM in response to dpeast12
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    Jul 18, 2015 1:51 AM in response to dpeast12

    Hey, I have a 17" MacBook Pro (Late 2011) running OS 10.10.2 and had the same thing happen, but only my headphone jack port stopped working. The internal speakers were fine. But if everyone else's suggestions don't work I have a new cheap fix!!!

     

    I looked it up and saw that people said to twiddle a toothpick or whatever in the headphone jack port. I tried that with a paperclip and it worked. But the next day it happened again so I used the the paperclip again. It worked, BUT I must have damaged a component so everything sounded garbled.

     

    I went to the Genius Bar to see if there was anything they could do but all they suggested was to replace the logic board which costs nearly $800 (AUD)!

     

    NOW FOR THE CHEAP FIX!!!

     

    A friend of mine suggested I use a HDMI cable because they transfer video and audio. I got a Belkin Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adaptor as well as a HDMI cable and connected it to my monitor. Then go to Sound in System Preferences. Under output, select your monitor. Then connect your headphones to your monitor's headphone jack port! Et voilá!!! $50 worth of cables fixed my problem. . .

     

    The volume isn't exactly as adjustable as it was before. . . But hey, it works and saved me $750!

  • by dubwon,

    dubwon dubwon Aug 2, 2015 5:59 AM in response to tamago_
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    Aug 2, 2015 5:59 AM in response to tamago_

    This fixed it for me, after twisting the headphone plug, blasting compressed air and poking around with a toothpick didn't.

     

    Thank you!

  • by Sherpa.Nepal,

    Sherpa.Nepal Sherpa.Nepal Aug 15, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Vitimtk
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    Aug 15, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Vitimtk

    Hi Vitmtk, had the same prob right now and then saw your quick trick and it worked!! I guess there were some dust stuck in it. Anyways, thank you so much.

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