My sound is broken!!!

My sound on my Macbook Pro all of a sudden doesn't work. My mute isn't on. When I press the volume keys there is a crossed out circle below the volume symbol. It's only 5 months old! Help please!!! I've restarted it multiple times, still doesn't work. Don't know how to fix it.

Before you throw your computer through the wall, go to System Preferences>Sound and make sure the output is designated correctly. If it's supposed to be the external speakers of your Mac, then make sure that's highlighted.

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Try the following.
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Scroll down for a new issue!! (not mine)
as for mine...
usr err, please replace usr
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Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
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At the end I have managed to make it work with an unbelievable solution: I blacklisted all the snd modules and removed alsa from the DEAMONS array in /etc/rc.conf.
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alsactl restore
chmoded +x it and added it to rc.local. I set up the alsaconfig and did an alsactl store. After reboot everything is working fine. (but I didn't test the mic).
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PS : Sorry 4 my English

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have the module I need. I don't know why it didn't show up. In other news, I get a new dmesg error!
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│ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │
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< │ │ │ HDA Intel HDMI at 0xd0914000 irq 45│ >
< │ │ │ 1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH │ >
< │ │ │ HDA Intel PCH at 0xd0910000 irq 46 │ >
< │ │ │ 2 [HDMI_1 ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI │ >
< │ │ │ HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd0060000 irq 47 │ >
< │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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