External speakers stopped working

My Macbook Pro (Lion) was working fine on my external speakers with one sound jack from the speaker box, it stopped working, my headphones will not work either. The external speakers and headphones work on my PC no problem.

Reset PRAM.  http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
If this does not help, contact Apple.
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