Red Light Bad??

[iFX]

Obviously this is bad news...

On my powerbook, my "Headset socket" is glowing red, when I put headsets in there, I can hear music from my laptop. When I remove the headsets, the socket starts to glow red and I can't hear anything on my speakers. What's going on here? Is it supposed to glow red? and if it does, does it mean something on it is screwed up? The laptop is a month old.

My other problem is, when I hit F4-F5 it usually adjusts my music volume.. but when I hit it now, it doesnt do anything. The F3 button to mute and un-mute works perfectly fine.

Please help guys!

 

[ed724]

Obviously this is bad news...

On my powerbook, my "Headset socket" is glowing red, when I put headsets in there, I can hear music from my laptop. When I remove the headsets, the socket starts to glow red and I can't hear anything on my speakers. What's going on here? Is it supposed to glow red? and if it does, does it mean something on it is screwed up? The laptop is a month old.

My other problem is, when I hit F4-F5 it usually adjusts my music volume.. but when I hit it now, it doesnt do anything. The F3 button to mute and un-mute works perfectly fine.

Please help guys!

You must have a 17" PB. The glowing red is for digital audio. IOW, you can connet a fibre audio cable to that port. The port is also analog for regular electrical signals. Not sure why your speakers don't work, maybe a bad connector or why your volume controls don't work. Check your control panel for having to use the alt key is toggled on or off.

ed724