btw, I don't see any information showing a separate jack for external 
speakers other than the same one for headphones. Are you sure you are 
plugging in the external speakers to the correct jack?
Terry

"tc" <terrycassidy@msn.com> wrote in message 
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> Most Toshiba laptops have an external volume control somewhere on the case 
> to change the volume level. My 5200 has a "wheel" type under the right 
> front edge.
> Terry
>
> "sue brown" <steve.clare.36@ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
> news:Dbeji.13925$_l6.1668@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> I`ve just bought a second hand laptop and can`t get the sound working. It 
>> beeps when you turn it off and on but that`s all. We`ve gone through all 
>> the settings and troubleshooting tips, and checked the bios and it says 
>> everything is enabled and working. We tried external speakers but still 
>> got no sound when plugged into the speaker socket, but when we plugged 
>> them into the headphone socket we got sound.
>>
>> any help much appreciated
>> sue
>>
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