UPDATE:
This comes up when I try to play a song in windows media player after the sound has died.
http://content.screencast.com/users/Gryffin/folders/Jing/media/a783feb0-01c5-4f5c-a6cc-b4d30591ee6f/soundproblem.png
Stats:
Windows 7 64-bit
Ram: 6GB
My computer has a really strange issue related to sound and video.
For the record, I have no dedicated sound card, I use my motherboard.
At random times, my sound will die and my computer says that it cannot detect a sound device. At the same time, online videos and online flash will not play properly, but will move at about 1 frame per second.
Videos saved onto my hard drive run just fine, though of course there is no audio.
Things to know: my sound NEVER dies when it is already playing. If I am listening to music or any sound, like playing a game, the sound works perfectly.
My sound dies either before I use the sound, as in minutes after I've turned on the computer but was away, or after I have been listening to sound but my computer is not currently playing sound. I'll try listening to music or playing a game and the sound will not work. the only way to get it to work is to restart my computer.
Second, the sound dies at random times. Sometimes, it will be moments after starting my computer. I'll get the boot-up sound, but if I leave before I've used my computer or whatever, and come back, then the sound will not be working.
Sometimes the sound will work perfectly for hours, even when I don't use it for intervals. However, most frequently, the sound will die after I've been in Firefox and/or playing a game, stop using my computer or don't use the sound, and ten minutes later it is suddenly dead. It is very random and unpredictable.
Note that every time I say "my sound dies," this also means that my capability to play videos, specifically online, also dies.
My computer is custom built and worked perfectly for the first 5 months. However, I was in Peru for 7 weeks, during which my computer was not in use, and I came back to this issue. Other than this, my computer seems to run fine, though it might run a little slower. I run AVG Free, keep it updated, and have scanned my computer multiple times with no problems shown since I've had this issue.
Obviously , I'm not aware of any process-hogging programs running the background. My theory: somehow my ram is filling up and causing my sound and video to die. But I really have no clue. Any help concerning this would be extremely appreciated. Thanks a ton in advance.
This comes up when I try to play a song in windows media player after the sound has died.
http://content.screencast.com/users/Gryffin/folders/Jing/media/a783feb0-01c5-4f5c-a6cc-b4d30591ee6f/soundproblem.png
Stats:
Windows 7 64-bit
Ram: 6GB
My computer has a really strange issue related to sound and video.
For the record, I have no dedicated sound card, I use my motherboard.
At random times, my sound will die and my computer says that it cannot detect a sound device. At the same time, online videos and online flash will not play properly, but will move at about 1 frame per second.
Videos saved onto my hard drive run just fine, though of course there is no audio.
Things to know: my sound NEVER dies when it is already playing. If I am listening to music or any sound, like playing a game, the sound works perfectly.
My sound dies either before I use the sound, as in minutes after I've turned on the computer but was away, or after I have been listening to sound but my computer is not currently playing sound. I'll try listening to music or playing a game and the sound will not work. the only way to get it to work is to restart my computer.
Second, the sound dies at random times. Sometimes, it will be moments after starting my computer. I'll get the boot-up sound, but if I leave before I've used my computer or whatever, and come back, then the sound will not be working.
Sometimes the sound will work perfectly for hours, even when I don't use it for intervals. However, most frequently, the sound will die after I've been in Firefox and/or playing a game, stop using my computer or don't use the sound, and ten minutes later it is suddenly dead. It is very random and unpredictable.
Note that every time I say "my sound dies," this also means that my capability to play videos, specifically online, also dies.
My computer is custom built and worked perfectly for the first 5 months. However, I was in Peru for 7 weeks, during which my computer was not in use, and I came back to this issue. Other than this, my computer seems to run fine, though it might run a little slower. I run AVG Free, keep it updated, and have scanned my computer multiple times with no problems shown since I've had this issue.
Obviously , I'm not aware of any process-hogging programs running the background. My theory: somehow my ram is filling up and causing my sound and video to die. But I really have no clue. Any help concerning this would be extremely appreciated. Thanks a ton in advance.