Mac Mini - problems with sound

Hi,

Anyone have a Mac Mini?

Obie

I do...what seems to be the problem young man?

I have one too, fire away, no promises though.

Ah well, bet this one stumps you all. I bought one two weeks ago, finally made the switch to Mac. And after a couple of days I switched it on and there was no sound anymore.

Days later, after trying every trick in the book and none of them working, I pulled out the electricity cable from the mini and plugged it back in. Hurray, I had sound again!

The next day I came home from work, gone again.

I took it back to the shop today and will have to wait upto two weeks before I get it back. I was hoping they'd just give me a new one as it was only two weeks old but no such luck. Interestingly, she also reckoned that the return anything you like option only applies to people who buy online...?

Yeah, even when you go to Audio Settings there is nothing there where normally internal speakers should be. If you plug in headphones or external speakers, also nothing there. But when it works, then everything is there. At first I thought it was a software setting, but now I think it must be a dodgy contact.

My mini has no such problems. Could be a jack? But I doubt it.

She is referring to the European Distance Selling Regulations. 7 day no quibble if returned as new.

But you have plenty of other consumer law protecting you if the product you have purchased is not fit for purpose, 2 year guarantee etc. But this does not give you the automatic right to a brand new unit.

Was worth a try though

btw, less of the young man!