RE: Why isn't my sound working?
November 11, 2016 at 5:42 am
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2016 at 5:46 am by Autumnlicious.)
There's a logical reason - you don't know it yet. We have yet to determine if it's just a software problem (very common) or a hardware one. When hardware fails, it usually just up and dies (critical fault) or has a period of increasing faults before dying.
Software bugs are more common and can really create a rather confusing user experience. In some cases an Event Log or other logs will show something obvious. In other cases the time to diagnose and fix would well exceed the time for a complete reinstall. Sometimes relentlessly searching Google and crawling through various different keyword/context selections can give you enough information to form a working understanding of what's wrong.
Thankfully, the advent of cloud based services has made it possible to make thinner backups. It's easier to do a clean slate when you don't need to copy as much data yourself. If it's a software problem, you may be lucky to confirm it by successfully getting sound on a Linux Live USB image - chances of encountering the same bug are slim (I can think of various exceptions...).
Software bugs are more common and can really create a rather confusing user experience. In some cases an Event Log or other logs will show something obvious. In other cases the time to diagnose and fix would well exceed the time for a complete reinstall. Sometimes relentlessly searching Google and crawling through various different keyword/context selections can give you enough information to form a working understanding of what's wrong.
Thankfully, the advent of cloud based services has made it possible to make thinner backups. It's easier to do a clean slate when you don't need to copy as much data yourself. If it's a software problem, you may be lucky to confirm it by successfully getting sound on a Linux Live USB image - chances of encountering the same bug are slim (I can think of various exceptions...).
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