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    Issues with my 8510w, sleep mode, and audio playback.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Phatchenny, Oct 11, 2007.

  1. Phatchenny

    Phatchenny Newbie

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    Recently I have noticed an odd issue with my 8510w which is running Windows Vista Business.

    When I put the laptop to sleep or hibernation (when it is unplugged and on its battery) and then I wake it up, no audio plays back. This is both from the speakers and the headphone jack.

    Even stranger is the fact that the audio kicks back in once I log out from my user account or plug it back into a wall socket. Is this a known issue involving my audio drivers, windows vista, or a hardware issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have played around with sleep mode, hybrid sleep, and hibernation. This problem occurs with all of them.
     
    Phatchenny, Oct 11, 2007
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    win32asmguy Moderator Moderator

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    Look around in the control panel for the SoundMax one. It lets you set a "Power Savings" option to either high, low, or off. I am guess that your machine is on the high level, seeing as the audio chip turns back on once you plug into AC. You can always try re-installing the audio driver too. It would more than likely reset this option.

    Oh, and I am using Windows XP on mine so hopefully this same control panel is available under Vista.
     
    win32asmguy, Oct 12, 2007
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