PC w/Windows 8. Onboard Speakers no longer wrking (although all scans say they are)

Hi, Maybe 10 or 20 years ago someone might have called me "PC Expert" but at 81 with all the age related problems that brings, I am very lucky if I can figure out how to turn the beast on, so I'm hoping maybe some one of you young tigers can tell me what to do to get my onboard speakers to working again. (Hint: Probably a mistake I made sometime within the past year or so).
OK Tiger (or ess) come!, lead me by the hand. . . Thanks a bunch
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Check at the rear of the PC to ensure that the Speaker cable connector is plugged into the green audio input instead of another one.
Desktop PC, with the exception of All-in-one PC,s don't have onboard speakers.
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