That's what I call pulling a MacGyver.

haha

I'm most certainly interested and I think  vexser may be too :3 How did you make it?

(Different drives vary)
On every hard drive there is something called the Voice Coil. This is the part that moves the head to read from the platter. Connecting 2 wires ( + and - speaker terminals) you can send electrical impulses down the voice coil and it then begins to act like a speaker vibrating to frequencies in the music much like a real speaker does. Attatch a cone to amplify and there you go!

Oh that makes sense!

I might build another sometime and i'll record when I do it.

It's certainly interesting

Im using it right now as my desktop speaker!

Neat! Hey, my laptop headphone jack broke. The little metal sleeve on the outside fell out, and there doesn't seem to be a loose connection. Any idea on how to fix it?

Hmmm Im not an expert with computers as such. You'd be better off checking Toms Hardware Guide or something for that.

I can't exactly open it up without voiding my warranty.

See if you can give dell, Asus or whoever made your laptop a call and they could get it repaired.

My dad would kill me if he knew I broke it again O.o

Hmmmmm! Why don't you just get one of those USB sound cards like this cheap one? http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Soun.....ref=pd_sim_e_2 That way you don't have to worry about voiding your warranty and it will provide you with better sound than the built in headphone jack. If your budget can allow it, you can buy one like this http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-E07K-Por.....amp;amp;sr=1-3 which is even better.

It's not that I can't afford something. We have tons of money. The thing is, my dad's pissed at how I keep breaking stuff and can't take care of things and told me last time "if it breaks this time, you'll have to deal with it until college." Or until he finally gets me a paypal so I can get a keyboard and a soundcard on my own *_*

Oh, I see now. A little unlucky when it comes to taking care of things. Have you tried to see if the metal sleeve will pop back into the jack. I just remembered that I had the same thing happen to me a long time ago and I just simply stuck the side with the groove on it in the jack and pushed it in until it poped back into place. Hopefully the jack isn't too damged for that to work. But, be very careful, too much force could cause more damage.

I lost it O.o

Well there goes that idea.

Could anything replace it, like a tiny bit of foil? I do know a fair bit of electronics.

I know quite a lot about electronics too, maybe that could work. I assuming that the jack is like this one https://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.ne.....337e000008.jpg That little sleeve is the ground (negative) connection to the headphones. You could probably fold up a small piece of foil and stick in the very opening of the jack leaving a small piece sticking out. Then hold the foil with your fingers as you plug in your headphones so the foil doesn't get pushed all the way into the headphone jack. And here's the pin-out of the headphones themselves https://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.ne.....e501000000.png The sleeve is the ground/negative. The ring is the positive right and the tip is the positive left. I hope this info helps.

I will try the method tomorrow :D thanks so much!

Wow! A Maxtor is actually useful for once? Why haven't I thought about this before? I have a broken hard drive laying around that I will try this with.

Yeah. It's quite easy.