Sounds stops working after a while

[Laurie]

After a while, sound stops working for an application and there is only static noises, other applications playing sound at the same time are fine. Problem with for example steam games. Tried many things including removing pulseaudio etc.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu11.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt10
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: laurie 2532 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Sun Nov 27 18:53:33 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-19 (435 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" - Release amd64 20150627
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/25/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.6.5
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Applicable
dmi.board.name: P15xEMx
dmi.board.vendor: CLEVO
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: CLEVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Applicable
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.5:bd05/25/2012:svnCLEVO:pnP15xEMx:pvrNotApplicable:rvnCLEVO:rnP15xEMx:rvrNotApplicable:cvnCLEVO:ct10:cvrNotApplicable:
dmi.product.name: P15xEMx
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: CLEVO
modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2016-11-27T18:41:22.595939