No Sound Until I Click 'Scan For New Hardware"

se7en7

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I hope somebody can help me, I've been having an ongoing problem for a couple years, where I have to right click on my network adapter in Device Manager 'Scan for new hardware changes' before sound comes out out of my speakers. I'm using an RME Babyface audio device with the latest drivers and my wireless card is a TP-LINK TL-WN721N.

What typically happens is I'll play an audio file and I'll get no sound, until I click 'Scan for new hardware changes' on my network card. Then it plays fine. I go to play another song or play a youtube video and no sound...repeat the same procedure again to get sound working. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers for the network card countless times in the past. I have disabled the onboard sound card in BIOS, as I use a dedicated external sound card for music production.
Any ideas?
 

se7en7

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This is the response I got from RME (the maker of my soundcard) when I asked if it was their drivers:

The driver is not known to intefere with other hardware devices or their drivers and does not directly interact with WiFi in any way. This might be a general USB issue on your system.
 

se7en7

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It's a dedicated soundcard for music production. RME Babyface. It plugs into a USB port. The wireless card also plugs into a USB port. My motherboard is an ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3 running Windows 7 - 64 bit
 

DeNachtwacht

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I don't get the part where you scan for hardware changes on your network card? What exactly do you do and what is the connection between them? I assume you use the network card from your motherbord?
 

se7en7

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I'm sorry, the Scan for Hardware Changes is in device manager...It is immaterial what I clicked on to initiate the scan as it scans through all the hardware.

I think my wifi adapter is causing an issue with the soundcard - a bandwidth issue on the USB bus.

I tried plugging into different ports and that didn't do me any good.
 

DeNachtwacht

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Is your WiFi also an external USB device?
If so, the easiest way to check is just removing the WiFi device, boot up the PC and install the sound card, REBOOT WITHOUT the USB WiFi and see if the sound card starts normally under windows.

Is it a laptop?