External Speakers = Only one works

Hello there
I'm having an issue with my speakers - I have some Altec Lansing speakers connected to my Dell Latitude E6400, and if I want to play audio, then there's only the right speaker working.
1. They run both if used with - for example - an MP3 player.
2. It doesn't matter what player I use or which song I play (it's the same issue).
3. The internal speakers of the laptop work both fine (but the quality is awful).
4. I think it's the fact that the left speaker is connected to the right via a RCA cable.
Any ideas?
Last edited by Kielo (2011-02-08 20:06:27)

Never mind, reboot with the speakers plugged in fixed that.. o.o
Last edited by Kielo (2011-02-09 04:43:59)

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