Hi Clayface, welcome to the HP Forums. I understand that you are getting static from multiple known good headphones, and physical pressure on the TouchPad improves the quality. It certainly sounds like a physical hardware issue. If that is the case, USB headphones should operate without static. Do you have access to USB headphones that you can try? If you do, and they do operate without static, that would be the lowest cost solution. The other options, could be to get a USB sound card, or replace the system board.
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