Red light from audio jack

I have an aluminium macbook, i have put windows XP on it, everything was working fine, then i updated bootcamp to the 2.1 update on the apple website and since then i have had a red light coming from the audio jack, i have never had anything plugged in to it and now i have no sound at all.

Anyone able to offer any advice other than what i read about sticking something in the socket as i dont fancy breaking it even further!

Cheers

Just use a toothpick (i prefer wood or plastic to sticking something metal in there) or something similar - you're not going to jab it in there trying to break something - just takes a little tickle in the right spot.

I thought it was like that digital audio thing or something?

Strange, I've never had that happen before. What's the story behind that, Tom?

I have fixed it now, i wasnt keen on the matchstick or toothpick approach since nothing has ever been in the socket.

I uninstalled the realtek audio from add/remove programs, i uninstalled bootcamp.

Then i restarted. Then put in the OSX 10.5 cd that has all the original bootcamp stuff in it. This reinstalled everything basically and i assume a different version of the realtek driver from the updated one on the mac website.

Only thing is it wouldnt install the ethernet controller this time, think ill just rebuild it when i get back to work on monday but at least the audio works now!

cwa107 said:

Strange, I've never had that happen before. What's the story behind that, Tom?

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Once in awhile the digital out gets stuck in the on position. I've only had it happen once on mine (probably a good two years ago).

Typically it's after you've had a device plugged into the port. The ones I've seen with the issue (and the same on mine), plugging the headphones/whatever back into the port does not turn it off. I just used a toothpick, slid it in tight to one side of the port, one time, it turned it off and have never had it happen again. Experienced no ill effects from it either and I go back and forth between analog and digital out quite often.

This is the first time I've heard of it happening without a device having been plugged into it. As easy as it was to take care of in experience though, personally I wouldn't have removed and re-installed everything.