Hi Chad.
Thanks for the reply. The KB article you mentioned refers to Windows ME and
specifically to sound cards using the Aureal chipset, which my Sound Blaster
Live! Value is not (as far as I know).
In any case, the workarounds, although are not easily followed in Vista due
to them based on ME, don't seem to make a difference. And the resolution to
obtain updated drivers from the manufacturer, which btw is always good
advice, is not possible in this case as Creative has ended support for the
Live series with their intention to never develop Vista drivers for them.
I just wish I can isolate the cause as it's not happening consistently but
rather at random and I don't know if a driver-related issue can happen at
random like this. Also, the driver that MSFT has as part of Windows Update
(Creative EMU10K1 Audio Processor (WDM) does seem to fix this problem of no
sound on wake-up but the audio quality was just unbearable - akin to
listening to sounds underwater! lol
I wish I can find a way to provide MSFT feedback about this specific driver
in hopes that they may fix it?
"Chad Harris" wrote:
> Rob--
>
> This MSKB goes to your problem and offers a couple easy workarounds:
>
> No Sound After Resuming Computer from Standby or Sleep Mode
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266034/en-us
>
> CH
>
> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:529FEF74-FE80-4875-A7D4-6A4EE88E1EEF@microsoft.com...
> >I use Sleep mode in Vista and on rare occasions (about 2 out of ten times -
> > no pattern seen so far) I would lose sound after the PC wakes up. All
> > indications, including those in Device Manager, show normal. I restart the
> > PC
> > and I regain sound again. If I use hibernate mode instead of Sleep mode,
> > this
> > never occurs. I like Sleep mode better as it's a lot quicker to wake up.
> >
> > In event viewer I noticed an error correlating with the time the wake up
> > occurred when sound didn't come on. I've attached two images from the
> > event
> > viewer - links below.
> >
> > 1. http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8342/ev1nu4.jpg
> >
> > 2. http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/3549/ev2ni3.jpg
> >
> > Can anyone decipher the meaning of this error? I'd love to be able to
> > eliminate losing sound on wake-up.
>
>