OT: Macbook Pro weird internal speaker fix

[Jim Goodin <jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com>]

I don't know if any of you using a MBP have run into this but recently my internal speaker ability disappeared including the driver ref in Sys Pref's and the audio out 1/8" port glowed red.  I found this wild fix on the net and it worked which suggests it's a sensor tripped out by inserting headphones or some other 1/8" analog audio source no?  Thought it worth passing along... Jim

Today, utterly randomly and with no provocation, the built-in speaker output disappeared from my System Preferences on my MacBook Pro and the speakers would no longer work, except for the boot-up chime. All that I could get was digital audio out and the red light coming out of the speaker port. Searching online turned up nothing until the right combination of words led me to this Apple support message board thread. While Apple does not have a solution for this problem and tries replacing the board with the audio port, you can solve the problem by sticking a toothpick or a paperclip into the slot (preferably while the red digital audio light is on) and at around the 5-o-clock position there is some sort of switch or rocker that needs to be gently pushed. There will be a bit of a click. After a few seconds your audio will start working again.

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