Help, speakers vanished!

[RussellinBristo]

I've got a MacBook Pro (17-inch, 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM) and suddenly I have no sound. 'Built-in speakers' has vanished from the list of output options in the Sound part of System Preferences and the only way I can hear anything is to run a line-out to the stereo, at which point 'Output' switches to 'Headphones'. But the moment I unplug the line-out, my only 'Output' option is Digital Out/Built-In Output

According to another forum this isn't a unique problem, anyone have any idea how to fix this problem?

Thanks in advance!

 

[gauchogolfer]

If you make a new user account, do you still have the same problem?

 

[RussellinBristo]

It's okay I found the answer in another thread. Bizarrely it involved wiggling a cable tie around in the headphone socket/line-out till the red light disappeared.

Good old Apple.

 

[richard4339]

I'm glad you got it resolved.

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that when I read your thread title, I just got an image of someone walking up to their laptop and the speakers had been ripped out. It was a humourous vision. =)

 

[splatman]

where did you find the solution?

I have the same problem with my powerbook 17"

can you remember where you found the solution

Thanks

 

[4np]

I read about that as well; I think even on macrumors (so search the forum ). Apparently the contact inside the headphone jack short circuits easily. If so, the audio will 'vanish'. Poking around inside the jack using a paperclip or something should fix the issue (i read).