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Lose wired connection to speakers after several days of PC uptime
On my Win 7 PC, I have wired speakers, as well as bluetooth-connected speakers. I mostly use the wired speakers. But after several days of PC uptime (without a power cycle/restart), I lose audio to the wired speakers. At this point my options are to turn on the bluetooth connected speakers, use one of my HDMI monitors to function as a speaker, or to power cycle the PC, which reliably restores the audio connection to the wired speakers.
Seems to me this is a software problem, not a hardware problem. Maybe there is a service I need to restart?
I tried restarting the Realtek Audio Service, which seems to be how my wired speakers connect to the PC, but that didn't resolve the issue.
Any suggestions?