Aurora R8, front headphone port replacement

Question

Back in April, I accidentally broke my Aurora R8's headphone port when I fell out of my chair with my headphones on. It pulled a tiny piece of plastic (which I assume holds the headphone connector in place). I tried to fit it back in, but had no such luck and since then I have lost it. See https://www.alienowners.com/attachments/screen-png.3908/ for the difference between the broken headphone port and the perfect-looking analog microphone port. Does Dell sell replacement parts for the front ports? If not, are there secondhand markets for this sort of thing?

Thanks in advance.

r72019 · Accepted Answer

The part number is 5XMRX.  Do an ebay search, you should be able to get it for around $30.  FYI that your photo is not visible because you need to be logged in to the forum you linked.

r72019 · Answer

As an aside, you can also usually plug in to your monitor, external speaker, or if all else fails to the back of the PC.

unknownuser1 · Answer

Huh. I'll upload it in this reply for any future viewers.

eyeoftheabyss · Answer

@r72019​ That part is for an R7, it seems, not an R8. It has 4 USB slots, rather than 3 with 1 that is an SS slot.

Alienware Desktops

Aurora R8, front headphone port replacement

Was this post helpful?