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tiiim

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 14, 2005
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Hello,

I have a MBP 1st gen unibody running 10.5.7. However in last few days my headphones are not working when i plug them in. When i got into system pref-sound it still shows as internal speakers... this is where it goes weird tho: If i boot the machine up with the headphones in, they work fine and system prefs show them as headphones. But as soon as i unplug them and plug them back in, the machine doesn't recognize them anymore.

I have done the following with no luck:

Repaired permissions
Reset PRAM
Created new user account
Tried another set of headphones
Reinstalled quicktime
Restored system from time machine backup
Did a full archive and install and tried it under 10.5.5 and was same then later did all the updates, still same.

I think i covered the basics.. its just weird it works when leaving headphones in on bootup then afterwards stopped. I have booked an appointment at a genius bar but wonder is there anything ive missed before i go....

Any help, tips or tricks will be appreciated. :)

another update if i wake the mbp up from sleep most of time it comes back but again unplug it and plug it back in doesnt work. I have reset the smc twice and no different...

guessing no-one knows off to Apple it goes :D
 
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