I have no sound after the boot chime :(
Apple iMac "Core i5" 2.66 27-Inch (Late 2009) Specs
Identifiers: Late 2009 - MB953LL/A - iMac11,1 - A1312 - 2374
boots and runs snow leopard , lion and mountain lion without problems , but all without any sound
only sound device choice = Digital Out it seems to default to Selected sound output device
crwdns2934109:0crwdne2934109:0
Have you tried an NVRAM reset? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Jonah Aragon crwdne2934271:0
when that is the same as Pram reset <alt-command-P-R> , then i did :(
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 solos crwdne2934271:0