Did I just do major damage to my setup?

[lim(x->0)]

My cell rang behind me and it was sitting on my dresser, not wanting to miss the call; I lunged for the phone and forgot I had my headphones on my head and they jerked back and pulled on my sound card jack.

When I realized what I just did I looked at my av710 input jack and I could wiggle the plug inside of it left and right pretty far, I broke off one side of the housing of the av710 input connection. I outlined it in red in the picture.

I found the wall I broke off, tried to duct take it back but it didn't hold. So I folded a piece of paper many times and used it as a wedge in between two of the input houses to hold up the wall and now it wiggles, but very minimal. Before I fixed it and I wiggled it, the sound would sound the same and there was no apparent affect on it when being moved.

Do you guys think I messed it up royally and it would warrant a new purchase or would my ghetto rigging hold up?

 

[TheVinylRipper]

Five minute epoxy is your friend..

Get one of those things that looks like a double barreled giant syringe full of five minute epoxy. Mix a glob together (thoroughly) and smear it over the area. Give it a couple of hours to dry and the thing will be nearly as strong as new. I use an old magazine to mix on and a toothpick to mix and apply with.

There's a stuff called JB Weld that's even better but I think it may be electrically conductive so I wouldn't use that.

 

[error401]

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Originally Posted by TheVinylRipper /img/forum/go_quote.gif There's a stuff called JB Weld that's even better but I think it may be electrically conductive so I wouldn't use that.

There was another thread a while back and the general consensus was that JB Weld is not conductive, contrary to my own thinking. I'd test it to make sure, but FYI; the info may be useful to you in the future...

That said, I think JB Weld is just regular epoxy with some additives that make it behave more like a metal when it is hardened; useful for engine parts and such where its target market is. I think standard epoxy is probably more appropriate for this application, probably cheaper, and looks nicer

. Either will likely be stronger than the plastic itself; modern epoxies will weld materials with more strength than the materials themselves have.

 

[MrKazador]

Wait...When did the Chaintech Av-710 have TWO toslink connectors?
If it sounds fine as it was before then why bother with trying to fix it!

 

[TheVinylRipper]

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Originally Posted by error401 /img/forum/go_quote.gif There was another thread a while back and the general consensus was that JB Weld is not conductive, contrary to my own thinking. I'd test it to make sure, but FYI; the info may be useful to you in the future... That said, I think JB Weld is just regular epoxy with some additives that make it behave more like a metal when it is hardened; useful for engine parts and such where its target market is. I think standard epoxy is probably more appropriate for this application, probably cheaper, and looks nicer . Either will likely be stronger than the plastic itself; modern epoxies will weld materials with more strength than the materials themselves have.

I've never measured the conductance of JB Weld because I've never had reason to use it on an electrical device..

However I have used it to glue engine parts back together with remarkable success. The oil pump on a Subaru and engine cases on a 750 Honda are but two examples and both lasted many thousands of miles until I sold the vehicles. In both cases the replacement parts were going to be more than I paid for the vehicle in the first place so JB Weld really saved the day.

 

[lim(x->0)]

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Originally Posted by MrKazador /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wait...When did the Chaintech Av-710 have TWO toslink connectors? If it sounds fine as it was before then why bother with trying to fix it!

it doesnt, it's the only picture that i could find which you can see from the side and the side wall I was tlaking about

 

[infinitesymphony]

As long as no connections were broken, it should be fine. I think you'd hear channels cutting out if there was a loose solder joint or something. The plastic outside the connector is more for protection than function.

 

[onvn]

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Originally Posted by lim(x->0) /img/forum/go_quote.gif I found the wall I broke off, tried to duct take it back but it didn't hold.

I guess tape doesn't fix everything eh?