Re: OT: Macbook Pro weird internal speaker fix

[Mark Sottilaro <zerocrossing@gmail.com>]

I've come across this type of behavior in a few devices, my iPhone
included.  Lint and general debris can muck up the little switch and
it can't tell if something is plugged into it or not.  Happens with my
Toshiba laptop sometimes too.

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Jim Goodin<jimgoodinmusic@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> 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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