MacBook sound problem

Hi
I bought a 13" MacBook in August. When I open Logic and set all the sound preferences to my Saffire for Input/Output, I still hear sound coming out on the MacBook's speakers. I tried Record and Reaper and no sound comes out for them. Any suggestions ?

Hummmm, actually all my settings, be they in the System Preferences or otherwise, are set to the Saffire and I do need the hear only from the Focusrite, otherwise I get feedback when I play guitar. Just like a microphone would.
What I meant with Record and Reaper is that no sound comes out from the MacBook, but sound DOES come out from the Focusrite, which I want.

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[Edited by: admin on 02-Apr-05 15:40]

Hi Nick,
Sorry for the long delay I only just noticed your post. Easily done if you post in the middle of another thread.
To diagnose your sound problem the best approach is to systematically check (and isolate) each possible problem area until the culprit is found. For sound problems follow the sequence :-
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2.5 Finally download and reinstall the correct device drivers for your sound devive from the Toshiba web-site.
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