Speakers not always available

[Evaja]

About 2 months ago i started getting problems with my speakers not working. For a week or two restarting would fix the problem, but then the speakers would just not show up half the time. When they do appear in the output options, they work for about five minutes and then stop. They occasionally start working at random times then cut out again. The speakers are Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221, my video card is nVidia GeForce 7150M/ nForce 630M and I have no separate sound card. I have seen similar problems solved, but they seem to always not have the speakers available. Ive waited too long to do a system restore. Thanks in advance for any and all help.

EDIT: I forgot to add that running anything the Flash player crashes whenever i try to run videos while the sound does work, but the videos work fine when the speakers aren't available.

 

[richc46]

Try going to search, type device manager. Look for any yellow markers (very small)
If none update speaker drivers.

 

[Evaja]

Tried that, and the driver does not show when the speakers dont, and the drivers are up to date when they do show.

 

[richc46]

Try using speakers, if they do not work, go to search type event viewer and look for errors.
Put cursor in left panel administrative and errors will appear in right hand panel.

 

[Evaja]

I may be missing something because I am not familiar with the Event Viewer, but nothing seems to be showing up concerning either video or audio. Im assuming headphones work for speakers. Is there something specific I should be looking for?

 

[richc46]

When you have the problem, check the time, then go to event viewer and give us a screen shot of the errors at that time.

 

[Evaja]

this is what shows when the speakers arent available. The speakers worked at all recently so i dont have anything for when they do.

 

[MrNeeds]

I'd be more concerned about that WMI event error rather than the Service control management error.

Here's a fix for it

Open an elevated command prompt (type command prompt in the search bar and right click and run as administrator) and type the following code

net stop winmgmt
DEL C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Repository\*.*

Reboot your system and let it idle out.

Hope this solves the event ID 10 on WMI

 

[Evaja]

That solved that problem, but did nothing for the issue I am trying to solve...