Mac Mini 2011 has no sound offers no choices in output.

My new 2011 Mac Mini has stopped outputting sound.  It worked just fine until a restart last night.  Now, the only sound I get is the startup tone. In the output section of the sound module in system preferences, there are no options listed - it says "no output devices found".  I've rebooted.  I've tried other output devices, but I don't have any that are USB to try - only mini plug.  Running Lion 10.7.2

Contrary to what many have said on this and other threads, I think this problem is hardware, not software. It is actually quite easy for the sound card ribbon to become loose. When I had this problem on my mac mini, I opened the mini, pulled the sound card ribbon off at both ends (you can't miss it, it is orange and flat and has a 90-degree bend), waggled it back and forth, and reseated it into its connectors at both ends. Snapped the mini back together and sound returned.

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