Volume setting in Volume Mixer drops to zero, no matter how I set it.

System: Toshiba Satellite P305-S8822, Windows Vista, Intel Core 2 T5550 processor, 3072 RAM, 200 GB Hard Disc.
Problem: The volume drops to zero on its own, very quickly, no matter how I reset it (through the tray icon that looks like a speaker symbol). I open the Mixer from tray icon and raise to anything, to 100%, or any value much higher than zero, but the volume drops continuously over a few seconds back to zero.
I do not know what to check, or what place to look for which different options, or what to test or what to try installing, uninstalling, reinstalling, or what to repair. This seems to be the only major problem that I have with this machine. This problem is less than about one month. I cannot remember installing any new software on this machine for more than a month.
Any help information might be useful if anyone knows.

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It's likely the audio chip has failed on that older machine. But won't hurt to reinstall the driver.
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