No sound at all (not even startup chime)
So, I have a Macbook A1342 that produces absolutely no sound at all. There’s no startup chime and no speakers are listed in the input/output devices menu. The headphone jack does not work either. As I plug the headphone jack into the port, I can hear some noise (crackling or something), but that’s about it. Macbook does not recognise it.
This seems to be a hardware issue as I’ve done OS reinstall and taken battery out (as it was replaced) to no avail. I am just wondering how badly damaged it is and whether or not it’s fixable without too much fuss (i.e. don’t need to re-solder anything).
I suspect the audio chip/codec is damaged. Is there a way to check what exactly has gone wrong with it?
I know the easiest fix is to just buy a USB audio adaptor. However, I am curious what’s gone wrong in the Macbook and if there’s a fix for it.
Is this a good question?
2 Comments
Is there a red light in the audio port?
by mayer
@mayer Nope. I see no light at all.
by hardstylez122