so everything is going along fine, and my daughter comes up to tell me that the laptop won't play audio anymore. and she's right. the headphones work, but I can't get the speakers to play. I have unmuted it every which way I can think of. it wasn't muted in the first place. but nothing I do seems to work. any ideas? thx

inspiron 700m speakers stopped working too!

I have the exact same problem. I have tried everything. Please ket me know if you find a solution.

The odd thing is, the power on and off tones work when I boot up and down. And the headphones work. But if I try to play a song in iTunes, no dice. No other sounds will come out. Very odd....

Hey Jeff - Check out this link.. It seems to be a very common issue with these laptops.. if you are still under warranty you are ok.. if not it could be a little expensive to fix. http://search.dell.com/results.aspx...~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False&~ck=asrc

more specific link to the issues with teh wires breaking in the 700m - design flaw. http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=ca&l=en&cs=&k=inspiron 700m speakers&cat=sup