[JR A]

My left speaker just stopped working. The right speaker works perfectly fine; the sound is just as good as new. I restarted my PB but still not working.

When using the headphone output, both L and R computer speakers worked normally.

I'm afraid my Left speaker on my PB blew out or something is loose under the hood. Anyone know where I can replace this?



EDIT:

Okay, the speaker is working properly somehow

I had a feeling that the Left speaker wasn't blow and it was probably just something wrong with the PB from an OS stand point. And yep, I was right. I don't know what happened, all I know is that the speakers were as they should. Weird.


Maybe it's because I was playing Dead Space and I was "hallucinating" that the Left speaker wasn't working...




EDIT (5 minutes later):

The Left speaker just went out again! It went silent after I turned the volume up. Argghh!!!


EDIT (another 5 minutes later) I FOUND THE SOURCE OF MY PROBLEM, KINDA...:

Now it's working again. It seems that something is loose. What I discovered was that as I am pressing the volume buttons I am slighting squeezing the PB. When I squeeze the PB (taking my thumb and index finger holding the front facing camera and rear facing camera area) the Left speaker sound comes on. If I mess with the volume buttons a little then the Left speaker will go silent again. And when I squeeze/apply pressure to the PB (on the camera area) the Left speaker comes back on...

It seems like the housing of the PB is loose around that area, thus causing a loose connection under the hood. I don't even have to apply much pressure, just a simple nudge (if that) works.

Has this happened to anyone before? Any ideas on how to fix it?

[Unsure2]

I recall seeing photos of the Playbook's disassembly someplace--you should be able to find with Google. But, opening the Playbook would probably void the warranty. If you still have a warranty, I would give RIM a call and let them fix/replace it.

[SmakBerry]

For sure, if it's under warranty, give RIM a call. They may be able to help you out. Make taking it apart a last resort.
Good luck

[JR A]

Just curious, how long is the warranty good for?

[lockedtight]

playbooks have a 1 year manufacture warranty from rim.

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