Rear audio port problem

My front audio port works just find, but the rear seems to be dead. Is this a known problem with the Mac Pro?
Lee
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I had to take my first Mac Pro back foor a dead rear port. They are really poorly constructed. Even when it works there is a ton of play in the jack. Very typical of PC motherboard mounted audio jacks too. No surprise the Mac Pro shares this problem.
Any hard yank or pull probably has a good chance of doing damage the way the plug fits in.
Make sure you have Line Out selected in the sound control panel too.

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I've been fairly frustrated lately because my computer seems to be behaving randomly.
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Hey guys.
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I am really just wanting to use basic sound (i.e. just speaker, not 5., 7. etc).
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However, when I was configuring the rear green port in the Realtex Sound Manager software, there was no mono option. There was only stereo, 5., 7. and some quad....... thing.
Any ideas guys on how to get the rear green port working?
I am wondering if it has something to with a connector on the MOBO. But as I said, Vista and Realtek manager seem to report that all is well.
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