No sound in right speaker

I am not getting sound in my right speaker. I've checked in Preferences/Sound and played with the right/left balance and it has no effect beyond showing for sure a complete absence of sound on the right.
I've checked two sets of headphones and they both work fine on other computers yet have no sound on my ibook.
Any suggestions?

I'm having the same issue, but it's on and off, almost as if there's a loose connection to the LEFT speaker. Also, my iBook is almost always connect to external speakers, though when the battery was still good in it, I would disconnect the speakers when I'd go outside with it, and then bring it back in and connect it again.
When I first noticed this problem, the sound prefs were mysteriously changing by themselves, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. Maybe the post above is the answer, or the cause. I am not sure, but it's nothing that I have to worry about because now that the battery's dead and I have a Macbook Pro on it's way, I won't be using the speakers much longer.

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