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FE21S - soundcard problems

wildsheep
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FE21S - soundcard problems

I have a 6 month old FE21s which has been fine and dandy until the last few weeks.

It has started taking ages to start up but I have found other threads here with advice on that.

But the other problem is with the sound card. It is (I think, you can tell I am not an expert) a SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC.

My sound, especially when playing songs on iTunes, was a bit crackly at times.

In the last few days Control Panel/Sounds & Audio Devices reports that there is no audio device installed. Sometimes this means I have no sound on the computer but at the moment everything is playing fine?!

On occasion I am unable to alter the volume using the buttons on the laptop and the green onscreen volume bars don't appear any more.

I have probably explained this very poorly but if anyone can understand my plight and can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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wildsheep
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Just as an update, in case this helps diagnosis, having been playing music and sound fine today my laptop is now silent. It has not been restarted or any changes made to it today. ta.