Tim, further to my email earlier today; a sign that the ribbon cable is probably suffering is, whenever the Mini is on, there is NOT a red glow in the sound-out socket of the Mini.
On 13/04/2012, at 9:50 AM, Tim Law wrote: > Hi, > > I have an intel Mac Mini late 2009 running under Lion. > > For the last month or so I have not been able to run the external speakers > that I plug into the headphone socket on the Mac Mini. i.e. no sound comes > out. > > I can use a set of headphones that are connected via a USB port. > > I have also noticed that the internal speaker does not work. > > Having said that, the internal speaker did work last week, but not this week. > I moved the computer, clearly upsetting the fung schway?? spelling. > > What I have done. > Following the advice on various forums I deleted the preference files > com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist > com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist.lockfile > com.apple.soundpref.plist > > I notice these have not automatically recreated themselves after a restart, > so I reinstated them from a backup. > > I reset the SMC by removing the power cord, holding the power button for 5 > seconds, releasing the power button, reinserting the power cord and > restarting. > I had a little heart attack when the Mac Mini restarted with a folder > containing a question mark, but DiskWarrior rectified that and all is back to > normal. > > However, none of this has fixed the audio problem. > > I would like to be able to play sound from the external speakers and would > like my computer to be running properly. Anyone found a solution to this, not > uncommon problem? > > Tim Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
