Ron via Talk said on Tue, 23 Sep 2025 01:02:57 -0700
Steve Litt via Talk wrote on 2025-09-22 15:35:
That "loud crack" sounds to me like an intermittent problem: I suspect your problem will reappear later. The intermittent could be in software, or it can be in hardware when the amplitude of your signal overcame the contact oxide layer, drilling a hole through it. If the latter, more oxide will grow.
This makes sense to me.
I wonder if the "crack" could be merely a static discharge that had built up and caused flakiness. Perhaps causing some sensor to be confused into thinking one channel of headphones was plugged in or something?
Very true. And I, nor as far as I know anyone else, asked whether he power cycled the machine. SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com