Here's a link from the Asus website with specifications on my model of laptop: http://www.asus.com/au/Notebooks_Ult...specifications About 3-4 days ago, my sound stopped working, but only for programs such as Spotify and Winamp (and the other music players). The bar stays stuck on '0:00' in any media player. I figured it was the card driver, so updated/ uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers (ATI High Definition audio device, for which I used this site: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false ...which may be totally incorrect). This didn't seem to help. And on top of it, the sound started crackling and staggering on all videos, now including online players such as youtube (and not the usual stuttering that happens from video buffering). This is temporarily fixed by plugging in headphones and then removing them, which is the oddest thing I've ever seen. If anyone has the slightest idea as to what could be going on, I'd very, very much appreciate the help! Thank you.
