[Viracocha64]

I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A210 EZ2203X. A couple of days ago I closed the lid to put it to sleep, and when I woke it up again the sound had stopped working. The sound devices aren't grayed out or anything, and all the software seems to be fine. However, the speakers are completely silent. When I plug in headphones, I hear static and feedback similar to when you're tuning the radio, regardless of what the volume is. I do hear some sound from the headphones when I turn the volume way up, although it's very distorted.
I've tried reinstalling the RealTek sound driver, to no effect. I've tried Googling for a solution, but haven't found anyone with a case like this. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Philo209]

Right from toshibas website.


DATE:CATEGORY:
TITLE:03-10-2010Audio

Multimedia
Sleep Mode
Suspend

When resuming the system from sleep mode under either of the following conditions, no audio can be heard from the computer and no audio devices will be found in Device Manager:


This issue is resolved with BIOS revision 2.00. Please upgrade to the latest BIOS


Model Content Page

 

[Viracocha64]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, I upgraded the BIOS, but the sound is still broken, exactly the same as before. I did encounter this solution earlier while searching, but thought it didn't apply since it's only for 64 bit Windows 7. Also, the audio devices are still in Device manager.

Sorry I forgot to mention earlier, I'm running 32 bit Windows XP. Is it possible my sound card broke?

 

[Philo209]

Double check to make sure you flashed the BIOS corectly and you have the newest version on it, past that updating the soundcard drivers would be the last step I would take.. if you still have no sound from the speakers and the audio jack as been tested with known working headphones/ speakers I would turn to the motherboard on the unit as the soundcard is build into the motherbord itself and start to price repair / replacement of the Motherboard.