I need my tunes, man!

[gridlore]

And I'm pissed off. My computer speakers died, and since the installed speakers on my Dell Inspirion 5490 AIO are tiny and tinny as hell, I needed to order some new ones. Found a great set on Amazon, a Cyber Acoustics CA-3610, and it showed up today.

It's not working. Because, after a little experimentation, it seems that the 3.5mm plug on my computer has given up the ghost. So now I'm debating returning this set for something with a USB connector, or seeing about getting that connector fixed or replaced.

Do any of my tech-savvy friends have any advice here? My computer is really my main source of listening to music.

EDIT: After some fiddling with settings, the speakers work, and they are awesome.

Comments

[kengr]

If it's a desktop or tower, check if the jack is on the motherboard (usually not worth the labor to fix)

Then check if the motherboard has a place to plug in another audio output jack. Many do (so you get a jack in back and one on the front of the case)

If so, just buy the part that plugs into the connector and routes it to the front panel or to a card slot blank in back. Should be only a few bucks. May have other connectors on it as well.

you could try adding a new (or old) sound card if you have the spare slot.

If you've got bluetooth, that are bluetooth to stereo adapters. Just connect the adapter to blue on the box, and plug the speakers into it.

[claidheamhmor]

One of these would probably do the trick:
https://www.amazon.com/usb-audio-jack/s?k=usb+audio+jack

If you don't want to lose a USB port, you can get a USB hub with audio jacks:
https://www.amazon.com/Micolindun-External-Sound-Adapter-Laptop/dp/B06XNJLHXS/ref=sr_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=usb+audio+jack&qid=1630316801&sr=8-16

(I can't speak for specific products).