No sound without headphones or external speakers

as the subject implies
no sound anywhere on anything without headphones or speakers - DVD's, itunes, computer sounds etc. etc. etc.
Surely this is not normal? (this is a brand new machine)
I have checked all the obvious (or seemingly obvious) things - mute is off - volume is turned up in system preferences etc. etc.
Any thoughts appreciated.

I've had this happen when I was doing a lot of switching between my iMic and other sound port in's and out's between various editing apps - a Pram reset restored things to normal for me.
Macbook 1.8-) Mac OS X (10.4.8) Week 38 base model w/1G Ram

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