Dell Inspiron I3 7000 series, Conexant SmartAudio HD vertical floating bar stays on screen and always goes back to zero. The problem cleared up on its own for about a week then all of a sudden it is back. I have tried to uninstall the Conexant and have Windows install it after reboot, problem persists. Tried a newer driver, but the two I found didn't work with this sound card. Set it to generic driver and problem persists.
Is this problem likely to be a motherboard issue or software. I have already spent a lot of time screwing with this no sound floating bar.