Hi everyone I hope someone can be of help to me here! I am am running a Dell 720XPS with windows 7, 8gb ram, q6600 CPU, and nvidia 8800 gtx gpu, if the computer is left idle the sound works fine for 20 Min's or so then starts to break up and eventually goes altogether it is definitely not speaker related as the monitor is also a TV and I have changed to TV when it has happened and the speakers work fine, I hope I have put this in the right place as I pretty sure it is hardware related I do not believe I have a sound card but do not know for sure but I did a belarc analysis and it did not show a sound card so I am assuming I have not got one any suggestions gratefully received as it is a real pain when watching anything on the computer that needs sound many thanks Chris