Toslink Audio Problems - Help!

I have a 2009 Mac Mini running Snow Leopard that I use as a home theater system. It's plugged into my Integra (aka Onkyo) receiver via DVI video and Toslink audio.
Problem I have is that if/when I reboot the system, there's an excellent chance I will lose the audio and the only way I've found to fix this is to keep rebooting (often several times) until the audio comes back.
Everything seems to be cabled correctly and I have tried different cables with no effect. The receiver is brand new and I've no reason to believe it's defective. System preferences > sounds shows the "digital out" line just as it should - even when there is no audio...
Again, when the audio IS working, all is perfect.
Anyone advise me why this behavior might be happening?
Thanks,
SM

OK - I have found a solution to this but it is truly bizarre.
The preferred resolution for my monitor is 1368 x 768. However, if I switch the resolution to 1600 x 900 (via the system preferences > displays), the audio starts working!
I can then switch back to 1368 x 768 and the audio continues to work and all is good.
Can anyone tell me what on earth is going on here??
How can the video resolution affect the audio??!!
Thanks,
SM

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