Skip to main content
Home▸ Forums▸ Powerbook 1400c/166 - Only one speaker working, and not very well. — #10▸ Powerbook 1400c/166 - Only one speaker working, and not very well. — #10
Post
Remove the keyboard and other covers, remove the cpu heat sink and start checking. Anything lose? Like Trash80toHP_Mini said, a loose card can produce that. Anything more could mean a bad audio chip or speaker. Connect another speaker to the 1400 speaker and see how it sounds. A loose or frayed speaker wire can also do this, so check your cables as you take apart and reassemble the 1400.
I took it apart, nothing was loose underneath the heatsink. If I had to venture a guess, it would be that the plastic cone of the speaker has been ripped, causing the distortion. 

mp.ls