How to use headphones through microphone jack?

Mehmood Nawaz

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Hi. (I didn't know in which forum to ask this).

I have an old lenovo B570e laptop. While using headphones, when my brother tried to plug them out, a part of it broke and was stuck inside so I can't use it anymore.

Is there a way i could use some software for using headphones 3.5mm through mic jack or is my only option to take it to a pc tech expert at a shop.
 

koreanoverlord

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Some Realtek chips allow you to reassign the jacks. Open up the Realtek HD Audio panel and see if it allows you to.

If it does not, the only other option would be to manually do it through the registry, which doesn't work all the time and may cause hardware issues.
 

Mehmood Nawaz

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Thank you for your replies. Sorry for being late on replying.

Just a small portion is broken and it is way too deep. I tried to use a needle but it didn't work, so I don't think a screw will work.

I also couldn't find any option that allowed me to reassign jacks in realtek HD audio panel.

What hardware issues could occur if I change the registry?