Audio Out not owrking..

The headphone socket on the front of my Mac Pro has stopped working..
The loudspeaker 3.5mm socket at the back never worked, but the front socket stopping suggests some kind of hardware failure? Anyone ever had this problem or could suggest how to diagnose it?
Many thanks

Apparently, there are a number of strange things about the way the Mac Pro handles sound output. I have external speakers attached to my Mac Pro, and line out is selected in the sound preferences pane. All of the sound comes through the speakers except for the startup chime. It is only heard through the internal speaker. This never happened with my earlier PowerMac 7300 or Dual 2.0GHz G5. Someone suggested that this is normal behavior for the Mac Pro. If so, it is the first Mac I have ever owned that acted like that.

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I have these old Creative speakers with a subwoofer that I often use with my macpro laptop.
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Everything finally working great! Have all the latest live updates and after some hiccups getting the system built, it appears to be everything MSI promised it would be.
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Gary Manners wrote:
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