Audio Crashes

Yes I do

@snacksthecat Try going into device manager and update the NVIDIA High Definition Audio. Make sure the audio is set up correctly in the Nvidia control panel. Is the HDMI cable plugged in and monitor powered up before you power up the computer? Does this happen when you disconnect and reconnect the HDMI cable? Try a different HDMI cable (maybe). The computer senses change in what audio is plugged in where. With HDMI the audio has to be routed through the video board instead of the audio output jack. A guess could be a bad HDMI cable could cause the audio to reset to the adio out jack instead of through the video card or could be a problem with the Nvidia audio driver (a bad driver who would guess). How old is the tv? When you power up the computer the Nvidia card reads the EDID and sets up the output. Is your tv a 4k tv?

NVIDIA High Definition Audio drivers are up to date.  The HDMI cable is plugged into the monitor, but I don't always power up the monitor before turning on the computer, sometimes I turn on the computer first then the monitor.  I'll see if I have another HDMI cable somewhere, and my monitor is pretty old (around 8 years?).  I use a Razer headset too and this is what the NVIDIA control panel looks like under audio setup: http://puu.sh/pf1BD/a7cd71387b.png

You could try using an audio cable instead of the audio over HDMI.

I'll see if I have one of those lying around, if not I'll just have to deal with no audio...I've noticed my game crashing a lot sooner than before so I still can't tell if the audio was fixed or not. Usually I can play for a good 45 mins before anything crashes but lately its been 10 minute intervals...