Internal speakers not working on Macbook

Hi everyone,

I have a late 2008 aluminum Macbook which hasn't had any problems till now. After connecting headphones for about ten minutes, and then removing them, my computer isn't recognizing they're out, and when I go into the sound setup it still shows "Headphones"..

I've searched the net and the closest problem I could find was something with a red light coming out of the headphone jack, which I don't have.. I tried reconnecting the headphones and using various objects which were recommended, but nothing worked..

Before I have to take my computer into the store for repair, do any of you have any suggestions?

Thanks...

Usually plugging and unplugging the headphone jack a few times will trigger the on board
speakers if not I would take it back or you could try some one else's headphones just to
see if there is a slight tolerance difference to trigger the switch.

Thanks, but no go.. Ain't workin'..

Any other suggestions please?

Just started having the same problem with my 2009 Aluminium MacBook too. As recommended above, plugging and unplugging the headphone jack a few times sorted it. For how long I don't know.

Probably some schmutz in the jack. A small (SMALL!) blast of compressed air might sort it.

Reboot your computer. Your sound card is confused. As someone who does a lot of audio production, I've run into this a few times before.