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No sound on MacBook

luckat · 2008-06-11 15:56:57

In the middle of a series of annoyances - caused, I think, by my dog knocking the plug out of the socket when my MacBook was juicing up an iPod - it's lost its sound, which is a pain because I need it professionally. I've looked at the system sound prefs and changed from SoundFlower to Internal Speaker; I've zapped the…

11-06-2008 3:56pm

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In the middle of a series of annoyances - caused, I think, by my dog knocking the plug out of the socket when my MacBook was juicing up an iPod - it's lost its sound, which is a pain because I need it professionally.

I've looked at the system sound prefs and changed from SoundFlower to Internal Speaker; I've zapped the PRAM and repaired permissions. Any further ideas gratefully received.

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#2 11-06-2008 4:00pm

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just a thought ... but have you tried plugging in headphones to it / external speakers ?

(I was of course assuming you were using its speakers for sound)

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#3 11-06-2008 4:19pm

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Actually, I just did that - plugged headphones in and out several times, and suddenly the internal speakers came back.

Hmmm.

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#4 11-06-2008 4:23pm

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sounds like a loose wire internally .. it took a tumble I take it ?

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#5 11-06-2008 4:29pm

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Sounds like the microswitch inside the headphone jack got stuck and it thought there was a connector plugged in. I've heard of people having to wingle toothpicks around in there trying to fix it. It's a known problem with some Macbooks.

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#6 11-06-2008 4:36pm

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happens with mine but very rarily, i generally just do waht you did, plug in anf out a set of headphones and it sorts it out.

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#7 11-06-2008 11:43pm

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It didn't take any tumbles. I get the impression that the MacBook is a lot more fragile than the MacBook Pro. (My last computer was a PowerBook G4, predecessor of the Pro.)

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#8 12-06-2008 11:10pm

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Its a known issue with MBs and MBPs. I had a thread on it last year some time, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055107425

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