Volume is muted when Mac Mini starts up.

Hi all,
I currently use my previous generation Mac Mini (Core 2 Duo 2.0) in my media center.
Whenever I restart the machine, the volume is muted when it starts back up.. I then have to go in and manually unmute it.
Because this is part of the entertainment center, it's kind of a pain.
Anyone have any idea what is set that would be causing it to do this?
Thanks for any info!

Hi Steve,
Can you use a keyboard to audio volume control? Sounds like something is overriding the system somewhere.
Read here before resetting the PRAM http://www.interrupt19.com/2008/08/07/what-does-resetting-your-macs-pram-do/
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