I have ASUS X71 laptop and I have same problem.
my lspci device is:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 04)
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf This solved my problem. # Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds options snd-hda-intel model=auto
I have ASUS X71 laptop and I have same problem.
my lspci device is:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 04)
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe. d/alsa- base.conf
This solved my problem.
# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
options snd-hda-intel model=auto