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Steve1496
19th March 2006, 07:19 AM
Wow this is weird. After installing sound drivers, and having them work for a while, they suddenly stopped working. Now, when I look at the back, the headphones don't go all the way in anymore, and its glowing red inside of it?

ANY idea what this may signify??

Edit: As a note it works fine and doesnt glow in OS X.
RujusMacBook
19th March 2006, 07:26 AM
The right light is a part of the Digital Optical Audio out port.
paulyras
19th March 2006, 08:02 AM
Yeah, it's kind of cool, but a little weird. They use one jack for both optical and analog audio out. Also, the jack is a little tight for analog on mine, so I wouldn't be surprised if you just have to muscle it a tiny bit.
dgranda
19th March 2006, 08:51 PM
But mine was glowing red since the installation. It doesn't do that in OS X.

I don't know how big, or if this is a problem, since my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 does the same thing on my Windows desktop machine.

David
thebalaa
19th March 2006, 08:53 PM
has anyone tried the optical output yet? i bet its mute too...

you can turn the light off in control panel with the sigmatel utility.
FrostyFire
19th March 2006, 08:56 PM
Mine is also glowing red.
compufix
19th March 2006, 10:03 PM
My Audigy PCMCIA card does thre same thing..I noticed that too, but my headphones plugged right in with no problems.
Steve1496
19th March 2006, 10:06 PM
Strange, but my sound randomly stopped working. I think it may have been aftert I applied an XP update from the Windows Update site...
Anyone else having this issue?
jann
19th March 2006, 10:31 PM
has anyone tried the optical output yet? i bet its mute too...

you can turn the light off in control panel with the sigmatel utility.
Trying optical now... please wait 5 min.. grin.

BRB...

Jann
jann
19th March 2006, 10:35 PM
Trying optical now... please wait 5 min.. grin.

BRB...

Jann
optical output works for sound!

YEAH!
Steve1496
19th March 2006, 10:42 PM
optical output works for sound!

YEAH!


Great news!! Thanks for testing this for us, Jann!
jann
19th March 2006, 10:44 PM
Great news!! Thanks for testing this for us, Jann!
No problem, steve. Anything else on my MBP you need tested? I dd'd the partition to a backup firewire drive so i can screw it up and put it back anytime you need me to ... <g>
jann
19th March 2006, 10:47 PM
PS: I added to the wiki--suggesting Bonjour (by apple) for Windows so we can all print to our shared (and Airport Express Shared) printers. works like a charm.

Jann