Keyboard volume bottons not responding

I have a Mac Pro, I have it connected via cable to my sterio speakers, the sound plays out of the speakers, however the volume buttons on my keyboard will only control the Mac Pro speaker on the computer, sometimes just with clicking all sorts of random buttons on the audio preference screen, it will switch the keyboard response to my external speakers, but more often than not, that doesn't work. Another thing i've noticed is that my computer no longer chimes on startup. Could this be related?
Thanks in Advance,
-Jules

I am having the same problems. There is no sound chime coming out of my external speakers when I start up my mac. The sound chime comes out of the internal speakers, which sounds like a tin can.... Why does the startup chime not come out of my external speakers like my Powermac G5 did? I noticed that if I plug the speakers through the front of the machine the startup chime will work out of my external speakers; but I don't like to have cables coming out of the front for esthetic reasons and also I like to leave the front speaker jack free for my headphones when I don't want to disturb anyone from my loud music. Also when I plug in headphones through the front they do not work automatically like my PowerMac G5 did, I have to manually go to sound options and change the sound output controls from external speaker to internal speakers(headphones). This is a real nuisance and don't know why Apple didn't leave the settings the same as the G5. Besides installing SOUNDSOURCE which I have noticed didn't really correct the problem...basically just made it easier to access the sound options whenever I wanted to use headphones or toslink cables for my stereo...so confusing and a hassel. Is there anything I can do?
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