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HELP! No sound after laptop goes to sleep.

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  1. amenasce

    amenasce Three Time F1 World Champ
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    #1 amenasce, Jul 15, 2014
    This is driving me nuts. I have an HP with win 8. Yesterday, i noticed that i lose sound after it goes to sleep and back on. BUT..not all type of sound. I can still play the windows .wav files from the sound control panel (Critical stop, asterix etc..). However when i play a movie file (.mp4) or when i go on youtube or any other site, there is no sound at all.

    It comes back when i reboot.

    I tried uninstalling and re-installing the sound drivers but it doesnt help.

    I have no idea what to try next.
     
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    #2 powerpig, Jul 16, 2014
    Try uninstalling the sound drivers. Reboot and let windows install them via plug and play.
     
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    #3 amenasce, Jul 16, 2014
    I did. Didnt help. I actually noticed that i also lose sound randomly. Was watching a movie. Then went to type an email and when i resumed the movie, no more sound. But i still have sound when i access the sound panel and do all the tests they allow you (Stereo tests, windows sound tests..).
     
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    #4 amenasce, Jul 16, 2014
    I think it might be a win update i did. Trying to uninstall it now.
     
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    #5 Schimpf, Jul 17, 2014
    any recent installs? probably driver issue, as stated before. May have to try a few before you get the right one (aka the problem child). Wouldn't think a windows update would mess it up, unless it dealt with media
     
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    #6 amenasce, Jul 18, 2014
    It was indeed a win update. I un installed the last one and now all good.
     
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    #7 MaxPower, Jul 18, 2014
    i had a similar issue running win 7 ...

    found that for reasons i have yet to figure out, the device in use for sound had been changed ... so no sound ...

    so thru control panel/sounds ... reset to the correct speakers in use ...

    hope this helps ...
     

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