Connecting external speakers, connecting external speakers, connecting bose companion external speakers

having trouble connecting my bose companion external speakers, it does not appear in the sound configuration in system preference menu. i am using macbook 15" on Lion OS. this has worked previously until i took the the speakers to Bose for repair of power supply. Any ideas on how to troubleshoot and report back to Bose?

Phoenix5791,
I would like you to uninstall and reinstall your sound driver.
Access your device manager
Expand the sound, video, and game controllers
Right click on the IDT option, left click on uninstall
Once that is done ,restart the computer
When the computer has restated give it a few minutes to reinstall the sound driver, once that is complete see if it does the same thing.
Please respond back at your earliest convenience.
Thanks
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