T400 External Speaker Sound Issues

Hello,
I recently purchased a used ThinkPad T400 and I am having some problems with the sound when using external speakers. Whenever using external speakers, everything has a bizarre underwater/reverb sound. This is a very frustrating issue as I have tried everything I can think of and searched for hours for similar problems to no avail.  The only thing I can think of is that it is somehow stuck in headphone mode?
Any help would be much appreciated. 
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The problem has been solved. Oddly enough, I had not one, but TWO brand new cables that were not working properly.

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