topic Re: Sound keeps dissapearing in PCs & Accessories

Sound keeps dissapearing

len112 — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:47:59 GMT

i have a sony vaio Pcv rs704 with a recurrent problem with sound everything works normally then sound disappears , every type of sound cd , music file , system sounds . If i turn up the volume from the keyboard I can hear speaker hiss , so the speakers are working , also Itunes won't play at all ie the any music files won't run ( even though no sound , the progress indicator for file playing doesn't move ) while this sound problem persists . I can usually fix the problem with a reboot at which point system sounds return as the computer goes into shutdown so I think it might be a software conflict ,though this fault has persisted after several system reinstallations

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

VAIOFAN — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:25:12 GMT

Yep i got PCV - RS502 and mine done the same thing as urs, Mine cuts out if i play 2 music files at the same time or if i open files to fast like put one film on qrick then change it fast.
Than the sound goes off!

So i have to reboot my computer switch on the sound.

But its not done it sence thow i like to no what ive done right because now i can play 2 music files at the same time.

Weird......

Paul

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

kee-lo_ — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:29:50 GMT

I remember someone else having this, but I'm scratching my head to find the solution...

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

len112 — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:50:47 GMT

i have a sony vaio Pcv rs704  with a recurrent problem with sound everything works normally then sound disappears , every type of sound cd , music file , system sounds . If  i turn up the volume from the keyboard I can hear speaker hiss , so the speakers are working , also Itunes won't play at all ie the any music files won't run  ( even though no sound , the progress indicator for file playing doesn't move ) while this sound problem persists . I can usually fix the problem with a reboot at which point system sounds return as the computer goes into shutdown so I think it might be a software conflict ,though this fault has persisted after several system reinstallations

I continue to have this problem , when the sound dissappears I've noticed that windows media player video files won't run properly either , other than the total lack of sound the video playback it pauses and restarts and stops , does this perhaps narrow down the cause of the problem , please help

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

kee-lo_ — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:42:59 GMT

Press ALT+CTRL+DEL and go to processes then double click on the CPU tab. Is wmplayer.exe using a lot of cycles?

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

VAIOFAN — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:32:46 GMT

Im using Windows media player version 10 and i done what you said Kee Lo!

And i stuck on a movie on and i check my processes and it was on 3 of usage.

So mine wasnt bad!

Thanks for your help.

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

kee-lo_ — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:20:00 GMT

Ahh I meant once Windows Media Player was closed (called a lingering process)

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

VAIOFAN — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:06:52 GMT

sorry if i mis understood you, yeah your right Kee Lo, i closed down the program and its still running and using more usage! goes up to around about 15 approx! now i end the proccess!

Why is this happing?

Paul

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

kee-lo_ — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:29:24 GMT

Usually bad codecs.
If you end the task do you get your sound back?

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

VAIOFAN — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:57:03 GMT

Yeah, it happend tonight, i done what you said and the sound is back!

So now i dont have to restart my computer no more, hip heee:smileygrin:

Thanks mate,

Paul

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

kee-lo_ — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:49:00 GMT

No problem.

Was it a DivX?
If so reinstall it, or better get v6

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

VAIOFAN — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:11:41 GMT

yeah! i downlaoded the version 6.0!

Its all better now!

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

kee-lo_ — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:14:30 GMT

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

VAIOFAN — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:20:24 GMT

nice smilie Kee lo!

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

len112 — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:27:13 GMT

I followed those instructions but could not see wmplayer.exe in task manager , however have downloaded Divx 6 and hope it makes a difference , Thanks for your help , incidentally if not windows media player , what else could be causing it ?

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

kee-lo_ — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:42:44 GMT

What program are you using when this happens?

Re: Sound keeps dissapearing

len112 — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:07:30 GMT

What program are you using when this happens?

It happens randomly , I can be surfing the internet and suddenly realise I have no system sounds , or it can happen at anytime , It never happens in the middle of playing a video or audio file , I only usually realise it's occurred If I try to play a file and then the sound doesn't appear