Audio plays, then randomly stops working; Red X on Speakers Occassionally

Hi.
I noticed my HP Pavilion dv6700 started having audio issues after I installed some updates for Adobe Reader 9. When I restarted my computer, there was a red X over the speaker in the bottom right of my system tray. The computer made a very loud beep sound on start up and that's when I noticed I couldn't play any type of sound from my speakers. The headphone jacks were not working as well.
I turned my computer off for a few hours, turned it back on, and the problem initially seemed as if it was gone. My speakers were working, the speaker in my system tray at the bottom did not have the red X there anymore, and I could play sound. Yet, this was only temporary because in the middle of a song or watching a video, the audio would disappear. After waiting for several minutes and replaying a song/video, the audio came back.
I do not understand why my audio is behaving this way.
I also see in my Device Manager that "Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus" has a yellow caution triangle with a black exclamation mark inside of it.
Earlier today I had the red X on the speakers, but now it is gone, but I have no idea when my sound will go away again.
I don't know what to do to fix this issue.
If you need additional information, I'll be sure to post as much as possible to fix this problem.
Please help, HP.

Hi Rodrigo,
Long shot, but next time it happens...
Open Audio Midi Setup in Applications>Utilities, see the input & output options & KHz setting there, some things will change it for their own use, then not set it back.

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