Digital audio problems on Satellite A300 (PSAGCA-06M01N)

Hey,
Only a few weeks ago I noticed my laptop is advertised with Digital audio. I looked through the Windows sound options, it told me it was in the front jack. After a lil' googleing I discovered mini-Toslink (3.5mm optical).
I bought a cable, plugged it in, doesn't work.
Made sure drivers were installed, everything seems to be fine there.
Tested the cable in my friends computer, cable works.
So now I don't know where to go from here?
To me it seems as though the jack or plug inside is broken, because when I plug a normal headphone plug into the port it pops a message stating something just got plugged in, it however does not do this with the optical cable.
Has anyone got there HD Audio working on any similar Toshiba? Or does anyone have any ideas as to why It may not be working?
Thanks for any help!

I assume you are using the right cable;
Check this:
+No digital audio out on my Headphone - S/P-DIF jack+
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSD57013M000UR01.htm
If you are using the right cable then you should try to update the Realtek sound driver.
The newest one can be downloaded from the Realtek page directly.
You should also go to device manager and should update the Intel high definition audio it should be placed in sound, video, and game controllers
Additionally update the Microsoft UAA Bus driver for high definition audio.
Let windows search for the updates automatically. Should work
Then reboot the unit and check the digital output again

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