
This, and only this, usually gets the sound to work from the external speakers. I usually use my wallet to prop against the plug - it's thick enough to hold it in place, but not too thick to break the plug or jack. To be more descriptive, I take a 1/8" headphone jack plug and stick it in about halfway, then angle it downward and hold it there. This loss became more and more frequent, and as of now I cannot play the sound from the onboard speakers unless I place something into my headphone or microphone jacks. About three years ago I began to intermittently lose sound from the intergrated speakers on my Dell Inspiron 6000. I have a problem that's been pestering me for quite a while.
