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I have a brand new Dell Inspiron 15 series that whenever I wake it up from sleep, the sound stops working. Reboot, sound is fine. If I go to "Sound" in the control panel while mp3s are playing, I can see the meter moving. There just isn't any sound coming out of my laptop speakers. Realtek audio, latest drivers. Volume has not been muted due to use of FN keys.

System tray audio mixer has the same volume level that worked well before I put the laptop to sleep. See here for a screenshot: If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.

Also please exercise your best judgment when posting in the forums--revealing personal information such as your e-mail address, telephone number, and address is not recommended. Check with Dell about this. It's new so the call for warranty work should be the first move. I'm overseas and the local Dell is in a foreign language. Please let me know if there is any other help other than "contact your vendor".

Use the dell web site, type in your service tag and see if the WiFi driver is updated. HOWEVER I do encounter malware and apps that break such things.

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I've lost count of the number of times a VPN is involved or torrents. If all fails, there are sub 10 buck USB WiFi devices, some pretty small that can stand in. But there's another story.

I've encountered folk that think they deserve or such a fix. OK, reload the machine to factory conditions. If it works then it's good. Avoid ANY and I mean ALL MICROSOFT drive updates. I've got it on a couple of our Sony laptops so I assume it's on yours. Open the Control Panel-Power Options..

From there you can choose to change the way the "Choose what closing the lid does" or open the "Balanced" settings and open the "Advanced power settings" options to change the "sleep" options to "Hibernate".

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This was helpful 0. Usually a driver issue. Yes, not as fast but a quick workaround. Hibernate uses less power than sleep and when you start up the PC again, you're back to where you left off though not as fast as sleep.

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Use hibernation when you know that you won't use your laptop or tablet for an extended period and won't have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time. First check to see if this option is available on your PC and if it is, turn it on.

You still have to try Dell's web site for your PC. I'm guessing this is your first Dell? Get the service tag, hit dell. This was helpful 1. Back to Windows 8 forum 8 total posts. The most beautiful phone ever has one wildly annoying issue The Samsung Galaxy S8's fast speeds and fantastic curved screen make it a top phone for , but the annoying fingerprint reader could sour your experience.