Macbook Air weird audio problem?

Hello all,
This is about an issue I have with my speakers, I realize there are alot of similar questions out there, but I have yet to find a solution, and since none of the cases I have read completely matched my situation I thought I might as well make a new post.
About a year ago my laptop (Macbook Air 2,1 late 2008) speakers suddenly gave out during a movie, I always assumed I blew my speakers because of the weird sound they made right before they died. Since then I have always used headphones or external speakers whenever I needed audio, but it does get a bit tedious at times..
Just recently I was browsing through my preferences when I noticed something odd. In the sound panel the output name was referred to as "Internal Speakers" but under output type it said "Headphone Port". Now, whenever I plug in my headphones or external speakers it says "Headphones" under output name and "Headphone Port" under type, which makes sense. But if it were just my speakers that are physically broken, shouldn't it still say "Built-In Output" under output type if the headphones are unplugged?
I was wondering/hoping that this might be some kind of software problem after all, and that it could still be fixed. Maybe somebody on the forums would be so kind as to give me their thoughts on this? Please note that I do not hear a chime on start up, I can adjust my volume just fine and there is no red light coming out my headphone port (I've had this issue before and was abe to solve it). I have already tried an NVRAM reset, but no luck..
Is there anything else I could try?
Thanks,
Genkakuzai

UPDATE: I performed an smc reset as well, the audio type change to "Built-in", but shouldn't it say "Built-in Out"?

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