How to restart audio without rebooting (USB soundcard) - the nasty case
I have a very similar problem to this: Is there a way to restart audio without restarting a Windows 7 computer?
I've got a USB external sound card (Line6 UX1, the older one), the OS is Windows 7 x64.
At a random moment (either when I'm playing a movie or a game) it stops completely.
Variation one: absolutely no sound when playing back anything, but I can edit/playback music without problem through the ASIO drivers (i.e. from Sound Forge).
Variation two: absolutely no sound when playing back anything, and applications using the ASIO driver do not find the external sound card. Flash player freezes all browsers (most ads are now in flash) and also iexplore.exe hungs playing the logoff sound.
I've tried almost everything: getting new drivers, disable/enable sound card through Sound menu (when I trying to disable it, it hangs forever or I cannot even access Sound menu at all!), I have tried even to disable USB management of Power options menu.
My last hope was net stop audiosrv but it went to infinite loop as well (I had enough of it after writing dots on the screen for 5 minutes).
This thing drives me crazy. My hypothesis is that an exception occurs in one of the drivers, that crashes that part of the system. If I could locate that specific process, force kill it and restart, that'd be awesome.
Edit:
I will try to check out this method next time the problem occurs (http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/312-stop-a-hung-service):
- query the process ID of the audio service:
sc queryex audiosrv
- headshot the process dude:
taskkill /f /pid [process ID]
I'll update this question if it works, and provide you a batch file.
Edit 2:
With this solution I could restart the Windows Audio service. It looked fine, until I wanted to play anything with audio. Playing goes for a second and stops (either an mp3 in a player or youtube). So the problem is nastier I thought. I'll check out the grounding issue next.
Note: Soundcard still works with the ASIO drivers.
windows-7 usb audio sound-card
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04
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asked Sep 16 '13 at 21:28
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I have a very similar problem to this: Is there a way to restart audio without restarting a Windows 7 computer?
I've got a USB external sound card (Line6 UX1, the older one), the OS is Windows 7 x64.
At a random moment (either when I'm playing a movie or a game) it stops completely.
Variation one: absolutely no sound when playing back anything, but I can edit/playback music without problem through the ASIO drivers (i.e. from Sound Forge).
Variation two: absolutely no sound when playing back anything, and applications using the ASIO driver do not find the external sound card. Flash player freezes all browsers (most ads are now in flash) and also iexplore.exe hungs playing the logoff sound.
I've tried almost everything: getting new drivers, disable/enable sound card through Sound menu (when I trying to disable it, it hangs forever or I cannot even access Sound menu at all!), I have tried even to disable USB management of Power options menu.
My last hope was net stop audiosrv but it went to infinite loop as well (I had enough of it after writing dots on the screen for 5 minutes).
This thing drives me crazy. My hypothesis is that an exception occurs in one of the drivers, that crashes that part of the system. If I could locate that specific process, force kill it and restart, that'd be awesome.
Edit:
I will try to check out this method next time the problem occurs (http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/312-stop-a-hung-service):
- query the process ID of the audio service:
sc queryex audiosrv
- headshot the process dude:
taskkill /f /pid [process ID]
I'll update this question if it works, and provide you a batch file.
Edit 2:
With this solution I could restart the Windows Audio service. It looked fine, until I wanted to play anything with audio. Playing goes for a second and stops (either an mp3 in a player or youtube). So the problem is nastier I thought. I'll check out the grounding issue next.
Note: Soundcard still works with the ASIO drivers.
windows-7 usb audio sound-card
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04
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asked Sep 16 '13 at 21:28
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146127
bit of a workaround, and I'm a little curious, but I wonder if WASAPI outputs would work when the rest is frozen up.
– Journeyman Geek♦
Sep 17 '13 at 12:09
We'll see. On average I get this problem 2 times per week.
– atoth
Sep 17 '13 at 12:21
The same happened to me and it took time to find a solution. My soundcard, anIcemat Siberia USB Soundcard, had 2 buttons in the driver's GUI that toggled different sized rooms to emulate in the headphones. For what ever reason, when my sound died, all I needed to do was switch between these two modes and sound would come back. For what ever reason, this toggle would reset (in a sense) the driver. I'm sure your driver is vastly different, and although my answer is relatively vague, it may be worth fiddling with your current driver's interface (if there is one) for a setting like this.
– root
Oct 2 '13 at 21:00
add a comment |
I have a very similar problem to this: Is there a way to restart audio without restarting a Windows 7 computer?
I've got a USB external sound card (Line6 UX1, the older one), the OS is Windows 7 x64.
At a random moment (either when I'm playing a movie or a game) it stops completely.
Variation one: absolutely no sound when playing back anything, but I can edit/playback music without problem through the ASIO drivers (i.e. from Sound Forge).
Variation two: absolutely no sound when playing back anything, and applications using the ASIO driver do not find the external sound card. Flash player freezes all browsers (most ads are now in flash) and also iexplore.exe hungs playing the logoff sound.
I've tried almost everything: getting new drivers, disable/enable sound card through Sound menu (when I trying to disable it, it hangs forever or I cannot even access Sound menu at all!), I have tried even to disable USB management of Power options menu.
My last hope was net stop audiosrv but it went to infinite loop as well (I had enough of it after writing dots on the screen for 5 minutes).
This thing drives me crazy. My hypothesis is that an exception occurs in one of the drivers, that crashes that part of the system. If I could locate that specific process, force kill it and restart, that'd be awesome.
Edit:
I will try to check out this method next time the problem occurs (http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/312-stop-a-hung-service):
- query the process ID of the audio service:
sc queryex audiosrv
- headshot the process dude:
taskkill /f /pid [process ID]
I'll update this question if it works, and provide you a batch file.
Edit 2:
With this solution I could restart the Windows Audio service. It looked fine, until I wanted to play anything with audio. Playing goes for a second and stops (either an mp3 in a player or youtube). So the problem is nastier I thought. I'll check out the grounding issue next.
Note: Soundcard still works with the ASIO drivers.
windows-7 usb audio sound-card
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04
Community♦
1
asked Sep 16 '13 at 21:28
atothatoth
146127
I have a very similar problem to this: Is there a way to restart audio without restarting a Windows 7 computer?
I've got a USB external sound card (Line6 UX1, the older one), the OS is Windows 7 x64.
At a random moment (either when I'm playing a movie or a game) it stops completely.
Variation one: absolutely no sound when playing back anything, but I can edit/playback music without problem through the ASIO drivers (i.e. from Sound Forge).
Variation two: absolutely no sound when playing back anything, and applications using the ASIO driver do not find the external sound card. Flash player freezes all browsers (most ads are now in flash) and also iexplore.exe hungs playing the logoff sound.
I've tried almost everything: getting new drivers, disable/enable sound card through Sound menu (when I trying to disable it, it hangs forever or I cannot even access Sound menu at all!), I have tried even to disable USB management of Power options menu.
My last hope was net stop audiosrv but it went to infinite loop as well (I had enough of it after writing dots on the screen for 5 minutes).
This thing drives me crazy. My hypothesis is that an exception occurs in one of the drivers, that crashes that part of the system. If I could locate that specific process, force kill it and restart, that'd be awesome.
Edit:
I will try to check out this method next time the problem occurs (http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/312-stop-a-hung-service):
- query the process ID of the audio service:
sc queryex audiosrv
- headshot the process dude:
taskkill /f /pid [process ID]
I'll update this question if it works, and provide you a batch file.
Edit 2:
With this solution I could restart the Windows Audio service. It looked fine, until I wanted to play anything with audio. Playing goes for a second and stops (either an mp3 in a player or youtube). So the problem is nastier I thought. I'll check out the grounding issue next.
Note: Soundcard still works with the ASIO drivers.
windows-7 usb audio sound-card
windows-7 usb audio sound-card
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bit of a workaround, and I'm a little curious, but I wonder if WASAPI outputs would work when the rest is frozen up.
– Journeyman Geek♦
Sep 17 '13 at 12:09
We'll see. On average I get this problem 2 times per week.
– atoth
Sep 17 '13 at 12:21
The same happened to me and it took time to find a solution. My soundcard, anIcemat Siberia USB Soundcard, had 2 buttons in the driver's GUI that toggled different sized rooms to emulate in the headphones. For what ever reason, when my sound died, all I needed to do was switch between these two modes and sound would come back. For what ever reason, this toggle would reset (in a sense) the driver. I'm sure your driver is vastly different, and although my answer is relatively vague, it may be worth fiddling with your current driver's interface (if there is one) for a setting like this.
– root
Oct 2 '13 at 21:00
add a comment |
bit of a workaround, and I'm a little curious, but I wonder if WASAPI outputs would work when the rest is frozen up.
– Journeyman Geek♦
Sep 17 '13 at 12:09
We'll see. On average I get this problem 2 times per week.
– atoth
Sep 17 '13 at 12:21
The same happened to me and it took time to find a solution. My soundcard, anIcemat Siberia USB Soundcard, had 2 buttons in the driver's GUI that toggled different sized rooms to emulate in the headphones. For what ever reason, when my sound died, all I needed to do was switch between these two modes and sound would come back. For what ever reason, this toggle would reset (in a sense) the driver. I'm sure your driver is vastly different, and although my answer is relatively vague, it may be worth fiddling with your current driver's interface (if there is one) for a setting like this.
– root
Oct 2 '13 at 21:00
bit of a workaround, and I'm a little curious, but I wonder if WASAPI outputs would work when the rest is frozen up.
– Journeyman Geek♦
Sep 17 '13 at 12:09
bit of a workaround, and I'm a little curious, but I wonder if WASAPI outputs would work when the rest is frozen up.
– Journeyman Geek♦
Sep 17 '13 at 12:09
We'll see. On average I get this problem 2 times per week.
– atoth
Sep 17 '13 at 12:21
We'll see. On average I get this problem 2 times per week.
– atoth
Sep 17 '13 at 12:21
The same happened to me and it took time to find a solution. My soundcard, an
Icemat Siberia USB Soundcard, had 2 buttons in the driver's GUI that toggled different sized rooms to emulate in the headphones. For what ever reason, when my sound died, all I needed to do was switch between these two modes and sound would come back. For what ever reason, this toggle would reset (in a sense) the driver. I'm sure your driver is vastly different, and although my answer is relatively vague, it may be worth fiddling with your current driver's interface (if there is one) for a setting like this.– root
Oct 2 '13 at 21:00
The same happened to me and it took time to find a solution. My soundcard, an
Icemat Siberia USB Soundcard, had 2 buttons in the driver's GUI that toggled different sized rooms to emulate in the headphones. For what ever reason, when my sound died, all I needed to do was switch between these two modes and sound would come back. For what ever reason, this toggle would reset (in a sense) the driver. I'm sure your driver is vastly different, and although my answer is relatively vague, it may be worth fiddling with your current driver's interface (if there is one) for a setting like this.– root
Oct 2 '13 at 21:00
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I can suggest you try the following, for what it is worth.
When you open the Device Manager go to View->Devices by connection. After the view changes find the USB HUB where your sound card is plugged in, and try do Disable/Enable it, and see what happens afterwards.
I have used this method to reinitialize USB Stick which I have previously ejected (right click -> eject).
Let me know what you think.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 13:19
Damir KasipovicDamir Kasipovic
787410
I have tried to disable it as you suggested (nice tip though!) but then thedevice managerwent to not responding. Very nasty.
– atoth
Jul 10 '15 at 19:57
add a comment |
Please check the AudioEndPointBuilder and the PlugPlay Services which form the chain of dependency for AudioSrv. Try stop and restart these two services if the situation becomes dire. If PlugPlay service seems affected change the service properties->Recovery->1st failure to "Restart the service" instead of "restart the computer" and then proceed to stop and start that service.
Of course if none of these help, examine the possibility of electrical wiring issues (like no proper grounding etc) which I have seen wreak havoc with Plug and Play problem situations.
-- Cheers.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 2:28
Max ManivanMax Manivan
61
Grounding issues... I never thought of that. Anyway thanks for the tips, I'll check all of them when I encounter the problem again!
– atoth
Sep 20 '13 at 13:44
At least for me, in Vista Home Premium, the state of thePlugPlayservice cannot be altered (Start, stop, pause, resume, startup type, all greyed out).
– user66001
Feb 5 '15 at 22:08
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USB sound can be lost after PC sleeps or after playing. I found the problem to be caused by a conflict between devices. I fixed the conflict by doing the following:
- Find 'sound' on control panel.
- For Windows 10, control panel is found by going to settings and search for control panel in search line.
- In 'sound', select the sound system you want to be the default. Restart pc and check sound to assure that the default system works...that you can hear sound.
- Now find Device Manager, then find all lines that say 'Sound', including 'video and sound'.
- Disable all sound systems except your default by right clicking and choosing disable.
- Restart the pc, and this should resolve the conflict.
edited Feb 11 '16 at 2:00
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answered Feb 7 '16 at 5:07
Bill M.Bill M.
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One more possible way to go around: unplug and replug the external sound card. It works for me recently.
answered Oct 14 '17 at 21:29
atothatoth
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Since I have made this answer I saw a person making a switchable USB cable: he basically put a basic light switch over the cable, the one you use for your bedside lamp...
– atoth
Jan 3 at 12:55
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I had the same problem with the Scarlett 2i4 on a dual boot (linux-windows 10) system.
When rebooting from linux to windows, the focusrite audio driver was losged but soundless. I solved it partially by disabling the bios usb power option after shutdown (enables charging component when PC is off).
But I still have to unplug replug once in a while as suggested by atoth.
answered Apr 4 '18 at 18:15
ross minetross minet
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I repeatedly have a similar problem and the following worked for me when this happens:
net stop audiosrv
(Will stop theCreative Audio Serviceas well)- Go into the device manager and disable the device in
Sound, video and game controllers
net start audiosrv- Enable the device
Now the sound works again
PS: To automate use https://superuser.com/a/560454/260770
answered Dec 22 '18 at 23:14
matthidmatthid
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I can suggest you try the following, for what it is worth.
When you open the Device Manager go to View->Devices by connection. After the view changes find the USB HUB where your sound card is plugged in, and try do Disable/Enable it, and see what happens afterwards.
I have used this method to reinitialize USB Stick which I have previously ejected (right click -> eject).
Let me know what you think.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 13:19
Damir KasipovicDamir Kasipovic
787410
I have tried to disable it as you suggested (nice tip though!) but then thedevice managerwent to not responding. Very nasty.
– atoth
Jul 10 '15 at 19:57
add a comment |
I can suggest you try the following, for what it is worth.
When you open the Device Manager go to View->Devices by connection. After the view changes find the USB HUB where your sound card is plugged in, and try do Disable/Enable it, and see what happens afterwards.
I have used this method to reinitialize USB Stick which I have previously ejected (right click -> eject).
Let me know what you think.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 13:19
Damir KasipovicDamir Kasipovic
787410
I have tried to disable it as you suggested (nice tip though!) but then thedevice managerwent to not responding. Very nasty.
– atoth
Jul 10 '15 at 19:57
add a comment |
I can suggest you try the following, for what it is worth.
When you open the Device Manager go to View->Devices by connection. After the view changes find the USB HUB where your sound card is plugged in, and try do Disable/Enable it, and see what happens afterwards.
I have used this method to reinitialize USB Stick which I have previously ejected (right click -> eject).
Let me know what you think.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 13:19
Damir KasipovicDamir Kasipovic
787410
I can suggest you try the following, for what it is worth.
When you open the Device Manager go to View->Devices by connection. After the view changes find the USB HUB where your sound card is plugged in, and try do Disable/Enable it, and see what happens afterwards.
I have used this method to reinitialize USB Stick which I have previously ejected (right click -> eject).
Let me know what you think.
answered Feb 26 '14 at 13:19
Damir KasipovicDamir Kasipovic
787410
answered Feb 26 '14 at 13:19
Damir KasipovicDamir Kasipovic
787410
answered Feb 26 '14 at 13:19
Damir KasipovicDamir Kasipovic
787410
answered Feb 26 '14 at 13:19
Damir KasipovicDamir Kasipovic
787410
787410
I have tried to disable it as you suggested (nice tip though!) but then thedevice managerwent to not responding. Very nasty.
– atoth
Jul 10 '15 at 19:57
add a comment |
I have tried to disable it as you suggested (nice tip though!) but then thedevice managerwent to not responding. Very nasty.
– atoth
Jul 10 '15 at 19:57
I have tried to disable it as you suggested (nice tip though!) but then the
device manager went to not responding. Very nasty.– atoth
Jul 10 '15 at 19:57
I have tried to disable it as you suggested (nice tip though!) but then the
device manager went to not responding. Very nasty.– atoth
Jul 10 '15 at 19:57
add a comment |
Please check the AudioEndPointBuilder and the PlugPlay Services which form the chain of dependency for AudioSrv. Try stop and restart these two services if the situation becomes dire. If PlugPlay service seems affected change the service properties->Recovery->1st failure to "Restart the service" instead of "restart the computer" and then proceed to stop and start that service.
Of course if none of these help, examine the possibility of electrical wiring issues (like no proper grounding etc) which I have seen wreak havoc with Plug and Play problem situations.
-- Cheers.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 2:28
Max ManivanMax Manivan
61
Grounding issues... I never thought of that. Anyway thanks for the tips, I'll check all of them when I encounter the problem again!
– atoth
Sep 20 '13 at 13:44
At least for me, in Vista Home Premium, the state of thePlugPlayservice cannot be altered (Start, stop, pause, resume, startup type, all greyed out).
– user66001
Feb 5 '15 at 22:08
add a comment |
Please check the AudioEndPointBuilder and the PlugPlay Services which form the chain of dependency for AudioSrv. Try stop and restart these two services if the situation becomes dire. If PlugPlay service seems affected change the service properties->Recovery->1st failure to "Restart the service" instead of "restart the computer" and then proceed to stop and start that service.
Of course if none of these help, examine the possibility of electrical wiring issues (like no proper grounding etc) which I have seen wreak havoc with Plug and Play problem situations.
-- Cheers.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 2:28
Max ManivanMax Manivan
61
Grounding issues... I never thought of that. Anyway thanks for the tips, I'll check all of them when I encounter the problem again!
– atoth
Sep 20 '13 at 13:44
At least for me, in Vista Home Premium, the state of thePlugPlayservice cannot be altered (Start, stop, pause, resume, startup type, all greyed out).
– user66001
Feb 5 '15 at 22:08
add a comment |
Please check the AudioEndPointBuilder and the PlugPlay Services which form the chain of dependency for AudioSrv. Try stop and restart these two services if the situation becomes dire. If PlugPlay service seems affected change the service properties->Recovery->1st failure to "Restart the service" instead of "restart the computer" and then proceed to stop and start that service.
Of course if none of these help, examine the possibility of electrical wiring issues (like no proper grounding etc) which I have seen wreak havoc with Plug and Play problem situations.
-- Cheers.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 2:28
Max ManivanMax Manivan
61
Please check the AudioEndPointBuilder and the PlugPlay Services which form the chain of dependency for AudioSrv. Try stop and restart these two services if the situation becomes dire. If PlugPlay service seems affected change the service properties->Recovery->1st failure to "Restart the service" instead of "restart the computer" and then proceed to stop and start that service.
Of course if none of these help, examine the possibility of electrical wiring issues (like no proper grounding etc) which I have seen wreak havoc with Plug and Play problem situations.
-- Cheers.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 2:28
Max ManivanMax Manivan
61
answered Sep 19 '13 at 2:28
Max ManivanMax Manivan
61
answered Sep 19 '13 at 2:28
Max ManivanMax Manivan
61
answered Sep 19 '13 at 2:28
Max ManivanMax Manivan
61
61
Grounding issues... I never thought of that. Anyway thanks for the tips, I'll check all of them when I encounter the problem again!
– atoth
Sep 20 '13 at 13:44
At least for me, in Vista Home Premium, the state of thePlugPlayservice cannot be altered (Start, stop, pause, resume, startup type, all greyed out).
– user66001
Feb 5 '15 at 22:08
add a comment |
Grounding issues... I never thought of that. Anyway thanks for the tips, I'll check all of them when I encounter the problem again!
– atoth
Sep 20 '13 at 13:44
At least for me, in Vista Home Premium, the state of thePlugPlayservice cannot be altered (Start, stop, pause, resume, startup type, all greyed out).
– user66001
Feb 5 '15 at 22:08
Grounding issues... I never thought of that. Anyway thanks for the tips, I'll check all of them when I encounter the problem again!
– atoth
Sep 20 '13 at 13:44
Grounding issues... I never thought of that. Anyway thanks for the tips, I'll check all of them when I encounter the problem again!
– atoth
Sep 20 '13 at 13:44
At least for me, in Vista Home Premium, the state of the
PlugPlay service cannot be altered (Start, stop, pause, resume, startup type, all greyed out).– user66001
Feb 5 '15 at 22:08
At least for me, in Vista Home Premium, the state of the
PlugPlay service cannot be altered (Start, stop, pause, resume, startup type, all greyed out).– user66001
Feb 5 '15 at 22:08
add a comment |
USB sound can be lost after PC sleeps or after playing. I found the problem to be caused by a conflict between devices. I fixed the conflict by doing the following:
- Find 'sound' on control panel.
- For Windows 10, control panel is found by going to settings and search for control panel in search line.
- In 'sound', select the sound system you want to be the default. Restart pc and check sound to assure that the default system works...that you can hear sound.
- Now find Device Manager, then find all lines that say 'Sound', including 'video and sound'.
- Disable all sound systems except your default by right clicking and choosing disable.
- Restart the pc, and this should resolve the conflict.
edited Feb 11 '16 at 2:00
Abraxas
3,22742139
answered Feb 7 '16 at 5:07
Bill M.Bill M.
1
add a comment |
USB sound can be lost after PC sleeps or after playing. I found the problem to be caused by a conflict between devices. I fixed the conflict by doing the following:
- Find 'sound' on control panel.
- For Windows 10, control panel is found by going to settings and search for control panel in search line.
- In 'sound', select the sound system you want to be the default. Restart pc and check sound to assure that the default system works...that you can hear sound.
- Now find Device Manager, then find all lines that say 'Sound', including 'video and sound'.
- Disable all sound systems except your default by right clicking and choosing disable.
- Restart the pc, and this should resolve the conflict.
edited Feb 11 '16 at 2:00
Abraxas
3,22742139
answered Feb 7 '16 at 5:07
Bill M.Bill M.
1
add a comment |
USB sound can be lost after PC sleeps or after playing. I found the problem to be caused by a conflict between devices. I fixed the conflict by doing the following:
- Find 'sound' on control panel.
- For Windows 10, control panel is found by going to settings and search for control panel in search line.
- In 'sound', select the sound system you want to be the default. Restart pc and check sound to assure that the default system works...that you can hear sound.
- Now find Device Manager, then find all lines that say 'Sound', including 'video and sound'.
- Disable all sound systems except your default by right clicking and choosing disable.
- Restart the pc, and this should resolve the conflict.
edited Feb 11 '16 at 2:00
Abraxas
3,22742139
answered Feb 7 '16 at 5:07
Bill M.Bill M.
1
USB sound can be lost after PC sleeps or after playing. I found the problem to be caused by a conflict between devices. I fixed the conflict by doing the following:
- Find 'sound' on control panel.
- For Windows 10, control panel is found by going to settings and search for control panel in search line.
- In 'sound', select the sound system you want to be the default. Restart pc and check sound to assure that the default system works...that you can hear sound.
- Now find Device Manager, then find all lines that say 'Sound', including 'video and sound'.
- Disable all sound systems except your default by right clicking and choosing disable.
- Restart the pc, and this should resolve the conflict.
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One more possible way to go around: unplug and replug the external sound card. It works for me recently.
answered Oct 14 '17 at 21:29
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Since I have made this answer I saw a person making a switchable USB cable: he basically put a basic light switch over the cable, the one you use for your bedside lamp...
– atoth
Jan 3 at 12:55
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One more possible way to go around: unplug and replug the external sound card. It works for me recently.
answered Oct 14 '17 at 21:29
atothatoth
146127
Since I have made this answer I saw a person making a switchable USB cable: he basically put a basic light switch over the cable, the one you use for your bedside lamp...
– atoth
Jan 3 at 12:55
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One more possible way to go around: unplug and replug the external sound card. It works for me recently.
answered Oct 14 '17 at 21:29
atothatoth
146127
One more possible way to go around: unplug and replug the external sound card. It works for me recently.
answered Oct 14 '17 at 21:29
atothatoth
146127
answered Oct 14 '17 at 21:29
atothatoth
146127
answered Oct 14 '17 at 21:29
atothatoth
146127
answered Oct 14 '17 at 21:29
atothatoth
146127
146127
Since I have made this answer I saw a person making a switchable USB cable: he basically put a basic light switch over the cable, the one you use for your bedside lamp...
– atoth
Jan 3 at 12:55
add a comment |
Since I have made this answer I saw a person making a switchable USB cable: he basically put a basic light switch over the cable, the one you use for your bedside lamp...
– atoth
Jan 3 at 12:55
Since I have made this answer I saw a person making a switchable USB cable: he basically put a basic light switch over the cable, the one you use for your bedside lamp...
– atoth
Jan 3 at 12:55
Since I have made this answer I saw a person making a switchable USB cable: he basically put a basic light switch over the cable, the one you use for your bedside lamp...
– atoth
Jan 3 at 12:55
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I had the same problem with the Scarlett 2i4 on a dual boot (linux-windows 10) system.
When rebooting from linux to windows, the focusrite audio driver was losged but soundless. I solved it partially by disabling the bios usb power option after shutdown (enables charging component when PC is off).
But I still have to unplug replug once in a while as suggested by atoth.
answered Apr 4 '18 at 18:15
ross minetross minet
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I had the same problem with the Scarlett 2i4 on a dual boot (linux-windows 10) system.
When rebooting from linux to windows, the focusrite audio driver was losged but soundless. I solved it partially by disabling the bios usb power option after shutdown (enables charging component when PC is off).
But I still have to unplug replug once in a while as suggested by atoth.
answered Apr 4 '18 at 18:15
ross minetross minet
1
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I had the same problem with the Scarlett 2i4 on a dual boot (linux-windows 10) system.
When rebooting from linux to windows, the focusrite audio driver was losged but soundless. I solved it partially by disabling the bios usb power option after shutdown (enables charging component when PC is off).
But I still have to unplug replug once in a while as suggested by atoth.
answered Apr 4 '18 at 18:15
ross minetross minet
1
I had the same problem with the Scarlett 2i4 on a dual boot (linux-windows 10) system.
When rebooting from linux to windows, the focusrite audio driver was losged but soundless. I solved it partially by disabling the bios usb power option after shutdown (enables charging component when PC is off).
But I still have to unplug replug once in a while as suggested by atoth.
answered Apr 4 '18 at 18:15
ross minetross minet
1
answered Apr 4 '18 at 18:15
ross minetross minet
1
answered Apr 4 '18 at 18:15
ross minetross minet
1
answered Apr 4 '18 at 18:15
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I repeatedly have a similar problem and the following worked for me when this happens:
net stop audiosrv
(Will stop theCreative Audio Serviceas well)- Go into the device manager and disable the device in
Sound, video and game controllers
net start audiosrv- Enable the device
Now the sound works again
PS: To automate use https://superuser.com/a/560454/260770
answered Dec 22 '18 at 23:14
matthidmatthid
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I repeatedly have a similar problem and the following worked for me when this happens:
net stop audiosrv
(Will stop theCreative Audio Serviceas well)- Go into the device manager and disable the device in
Sound, video and game controllers
net start audiosrv- Enable the device
Now the sound works again
PS: To automate use https://superuser.com/a/560454/260770
answered Dec 22 '18 at 23:14
matthidmatthid
1012
add a comment |
I repeatedly have a similar problem and the following worked for me when this happens:
net stop audiosrv
(Will stop theCreative Audio Serviceas well)- Go into the device manager and disable the device in
Sound, video and game controllers
net start audiosrv- Enable the device
Now the sound works again
PS: To automate use https://superuser.com/a/560454/260770
answered Dec 22 '18 at 23:14
matthidmatthid
1012
I repeatedly have a similar problem and the following worked for me when this happens:
net stop audiosrv
(Will stop theCreative Audio Serviceas well)- Go into the device manager and disable the device in
Sound, video and game controllers
net start audiosrv- Enable the device
Now the sound works again
PS: To automate use https://superuser.com/a/560454/260770
answered Dec 22 '18 at 23:14
matthidmatthid
1012
edited Dec 30 '18 at 18:56
answered Dec 22 '18 at 23:14
matthidmatthid
1012
answered Dec 22 '18 at 23:14
matthidmatthid
1012
answered Dec 22 '18 at 23:14
matthidmatthid
1012
1012
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bit of a workaround, and I'm a little curious, but I wonder if WASAPI outputs would work when the rest is frozen up.
– Journeyman Geek♦
Sep 17 '13 at 12:09
We'll see. On average I get this problem 2 times per week.
– atoth
Sep 17 '13 at 12:21
The same happened to me and it took time to find a solution. My soundcard, an
Icemat Siberia USB Soundcard, had 2 buttons in the driver's GUI that toggled different sized rooms to emulate in the headphones. For what ever reason, when my sound died, all I needed to do was switch between these two modes and sound would come back. For what ever reason, this toggle would reset (in a sense) the driver. I'm sure your driver is vastly different, and although my answer is relatively vague, it may be worth fiddling with your current driver's interface (if there is one) for a setting like this.– root
Oct 2 '13 at 21:00