# Losing playback device when pc 'idle" and screen goes to 'sleep'

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**Created:** [January 26, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/losing-playback-device-when-pc-idle-and-screen-goes-to-sleep/152 "2022-01-26T19:42:59Z")\
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If your output device is HDMI for example and after sleep/wakeup another audio device is detected before the HDMI speaker, then the output switches to the other device.  
From FxSound Settings-\>General, uncheck the option  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fxsound/original/1X/248bd7fc668a32ec094f812bf712101eb9819483.png)  
This will make output switch based on user preference and across sleep/wakeup cycles the user selected output will remain unchanged.

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