Home computer use: restart fix for sound problem
Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor mentions how a restart fixed a sound problem.
Over a week the sound from the main computer deteriorated. At the end it still wasn’t bad, but definitely noticeable. The kids wanted something done.
I went into the device manager – none of the sound devices was reporting a problem. I hooked another computer to the speakers; they sounded fine when it played through them. I wondered what the problem was.
Confounded, I turned off the computer and left it off for about 10 minutes, then restarted. Since then the sound is fine.
Source:
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.