replace the speaker myself?

[effigy345]

The internal speaker in my TX just died a couple days ago. I've tried everything suggestion I could find online to get it working again. I've decided that it must be a hardware issue. I have something like 2 weeks left on my warranty, so I'm hesitant to send it to Palm. Nowing my luck, I'd get a replacement with a much worse issue that would crop up as soon as my warranty expires. Because of this, I'm considering trying to change out the speaker myself on my otherwise perfect TX. What are everyone's thoughts and concerns on this? Also, where would I look to find a replacement speaker?

[dragonsgames]

Send to Chris Short. PM me for his info.

[mrp123]

I've not been in your situation, so I can't be of much help except to offer suggestions.

Try ordering directly from Palm. That is, if they even sell individual parts! I get the feeling that's not how they do business.

I entertained a similar thought on my LifeDrive just so I could improve the sound...somehow. Maybe. I just wanted a different speaker in there to help it along.
After looking inside, I really shouldn't be surprsed at what I saw. There's no wiggle room to shoehorn a speaker found from who knows where and so will probably never fit. It's no surprise because these things are built to be a small as possible. I don't see the T|X being any different.

I think you'll only find a suitable replacement from Palm themselves or a buy a dead T|X that someone is selling for parts or find out where Palm's manufacturer gets them.

[AZ-TX]

Since your TX is still under warranty, I'd recomend going through them first.

[_Em]

I've found that each time I've had my TX replaced under warranty (on my third now), the hardware has improved. My first one had a soft screen, hissy audio, and flaky USB. When it finally bricked itself, I had it replaced with a TX that fixed the screen and USB. When THAT one bricked, they replaced it with one that also fixed the audio, reliably overclocked to 624MHz instead of just 520MHz, and had a firmer power button. Plus, if you send it away immediately, you'll probably find they have it back to you within a week. That still gives you some time to replace it again if there are "issues".

[JAmerican]

I never sent mine in and I have issues. I really never sent it in due to the fact that I've always heard that they give you second-hand refurb unit that ends up giving you more issues. My TX has never bricked but the digitizer has dead spots. So I may send it in. Find it corny that you have to pay to ship when its their defect and its under warrenty.

JAmerican

[Gregte]

My internal speaker failed a long time ago but a drop of WD40 in the speaker jack solved that problem. There is a switch in the jack that signals the TX to send audio to the jack or to the external speaker. This is NOT the same as is used in a small pocket radio where all the audio goes to the jack then to the speaker (when headphones are not inserted). Rather, the TX sends the audio to the jack OR to the speaker.

If WD40 in the jack won't clear it up (don't spray it in!) then I would remove the back case and clean the contacts where the speaker connects to the circuit board. This point looks much better than the old TE in that the TE's contacts would corrode (bare copper on the board). The contact area of the TX on the board is silver in color (tinned?) and appears that it is not going to be the problem that existed with the TE.

I would really doubt that the speaker itself is defective. However, it would be very simple to check it once you take the back off the TX.

[gsparks2]

My internal speaker failed a long time ago but a drop of WD40 in the speaker jack solved that problem. There is a switch in the jack that signals the TX to send audio to the jack or to the external speaker. This is NOT the same as is used in a small pocket radio where all the audio goes to the jack then to the speaker (when headphones are not inserted). Rather, the TX sends the audio to the jack OR to the speaker.

If WD40 in the jack won't clear it up (don't spray it in!) then I would remove the back case and clean the contacts where the speaker connects to the circuit board. This point looks much better than the old TE in that the TE's contacts would corrode (bare copper on the board). The contact area of the TX on the board is silver in color (tinned?) and appears that it is not going to be the problem that existed with the TE.

I would really doubt that the speaker itself is defective. However, it would be very simple to check it once you take the back off the TX.
I had the same experience but have not put the wd40 in the jack. I did root around a little with a toothpick and got the switch unstuck.