Sound disappears after a while

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Tried visiting your mobo or nvidea site for updated drivers, I believe
theyre v6.***** now

"Jan" <janoleolsen@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Have an Asus with nForce chipset onboard sound. It works ok, but after
> a while the sound just disappears, it can take minutes or hours. I have
> to reboot every time, any fix or tip that's quicker than reboot?
>
> There's no specific pattern, it happens when using VoIP like Skype and
> VoIPBuster. Haven't tried playing music long enough to see if it also
> happens with Windows Media Player.
>
> I cannot see anything wrong in the device manager or control panel or
> sound settings. All looks fine.
>
> Can't recall when it occured, but it may have been after installing SP2
> on XP.
>
> XP Sp2
> 256MB RAM
> AMD XP1700+
> nvidia nforce mcp audio processing unit dolby digital
> Driver: 5.10.2841.0
>