Toshiba Satellite Pro - M15-S405 - no audio at all

Hello. I have just purchased a used M15. Has XP Pro - SP3. No system sounds nor sound via WMP-11 either from the speakers nor the headphones.
I've visited the BIOS settings - nothing obvious that I can see there. I've visited Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices. Everything is turned on. I've gone through Control Panel > SoundMax Digital Audio Panel and that all looks fine. I've visited Device Mgr - no yellow triangles in sight. Everything says "Device is working properly".
Could someone give me a start on a troubleshooting sequence? I can do some screenshots if it helps.
Thanks.
HS
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Oh brother!!!!
There's a manual volume control just on the inboard side of the shell. It's sort buried below the surface of the shell. It turns out this is a knob for tuning up the hardware. Duhhh!
Close this one - and consider it resolved.

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