External speakers on HP G72-130sa laptop

I have been trying to connect Logitech S220 external speakers to my laptop via the headphone socket but can get no sound.
Do I need to do anything on the computer itself (such as load drivers, adjust sound settings etc.). I have been plugging the green speaker lead into the headphone socket.
Hope someone can help
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Hmmm, If you are getting sound for headphone Jack using Headphones...That the system is just fine....Now we are looking at Speaker and audio cable....I hope we have tested to see if the speaker set is working fine...
When it comes to simple setup like these, there are just 3 components that can be a problem area...Sound card, the Jack and Speaker itself....With Sound coming out of the jack using headphone than Sound card and Jack is working...We need to rule out speakers...
Just a wild card, try and install the audio driver from here... ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48001-48500/sp48281.exe
I don't see, it making to much of difference, but no harm trying....plus I am hoping that OS has not been changed....
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