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I Can't Hear You![Windows Vistuh]

starmanbrandstarmanbrand Registered User regular
edited September 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So, this isn't super pressing since I'm getting windows 7 when it comes out next month, but windows vista is being a dick and when I searched this problem online it just came up with forums that weren't much help. I turn over my quest for knowledge to Penny Arcade.

My computer works great, all the time. But when I put my computer to sleep, it wakes up with no sound. There are no errors in device manager and sound mixer even shows sound playing. But I can't hear shits. Everything is plugged in correctly. Windows has a fix for something similar to this, but it is included in SP1 and I'm running SP2.

Sound is restored when I restart my computer.

Anyone experience this or know a better way to stalk google for it? Thanks

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  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    It sounds like a driver or hardware related issue, so describing your computer will help.

    In the meanwhile, these search terms may help?

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  • joraxjorax Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I had this exact problem in Vista and Win7 until I found the correct sound drivers. Turns out Windows was using some generic ones. I have a Gateway laptop (P-173XL FX) which is pretty nice gaming rig, but the constant sound problems were driving me crazy. I eventually found some Vista drivers that worked fine in Win7 (gateway isn't great on updating their support site) and haven't had problems since.

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