Sound out of only Left speaker

I've got an 2006 black MacBook that's been out of Apple Care for over a year now and this is the first major problem that I've had with it since AC ran out.
I literally closed my computer to go to work, after watching a couple of youtube videos, speakers working fine.
I get back and all of the sudden only the left side of the internal speakers is working.
I restarted and ran OnyX, but still only getting sound from the left.
What's going on?

never mind, it's working now.

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