Headphone Jack Stuck on Digital Out

"I've had success on several laptops taking the cotton off the end of a q-tip, and sticking the bare q-tip end in the jack, applying slight pressure and twisting it around a few times.

Make sure to do this kind of thing while the power is off, especially if you're putting metal objects in there.

Many laptops have long lives after this issue has been fixed, and with no recurrence of the issue, so I don't agree with the assessment above that the motherboard needs to be replaced."

This is not a fix, but if it comes down to logic board or bust, i'd get something like a griffin imic, it's small enough that it shouldnt be a huge burden and will you give you in and out via usb.

"I had this happen with my MacBook Pro.

My electronic technician neighbor squirted a little alcohol into the red eyed headphone jack and inserted a headphone jack a few times. Instant fix."

"this actually worked, it is a silly simple fix, but worked :)

https://josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/st..."