<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm afraid I've no experience with the internals, so I couldn't say. My thought that it's a connector problem is based on the symptoms, which closely parallel what often happens with other audible electronics.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Another advantage to the iMic, I should point out, is a much improved sound quality, offering 48.0 khz against the iBook's 44.1 khz.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tony</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 5-May-06, at 8:31 AM, NM. wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Sounds like a loose physical connection of some sort, but rather than<BR>go through the risky hassle of disassembling the iBook, you could <BR>always replace the sound inexpensively with a Griffin iMic (http://<BR><A href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic2/">www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic2/</A>). I've used it for a while<BR>now, and it's great! <BR><BR>Tony</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR>Thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep it in mind.<BR>Where are the sound connector thingies? 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