Surface Pro 2 HDMI Audio Issues

So I've been fighting with this issue for quite awhile. I've googled many things, tried posting on a few forums which got no replies and then just decided to live with the issue for awhile before it has no bothered me further.

I've had my surface pro 2 for a year and a bit. It got replaced last spring when I dropped it and cracked the screen.

I don't honestly remember when the problem started, but I noticed at some point this year that when I boot up my Surface Pro 2 connected to my Samsung 720p TV, I do not get audio. I do a test of the device, through the playback devices menu, and it shows there is sound happening, but nothing. I try changing the format, as was suggested on some page I found on the internet, but nothing.

9.9 times out of ten I restart the surface, and audio returns. I believe the first few months I chalked this up to a bad HDMI cord, so I replaced the cord, no change in the problem. I changed my displayport adapter, no change in the problem.

So I start thinking it's my TV, and figure I will live with it for now until I save money for a new TV, but at the time I was doing a lot of travel for work, and I found myself having to do the same procedure on different TV's, in the hotels.

So long story short, HDMI audio doesn't work unless I boot up the surface, and then restart, and then run an audio test upon second boot. I have tried different TV's with various results. I have tried several cords, both confirmed working with other devices (my TV Box cord, and Xbox one cord) as well as brand new HDMI cords. I bought a new Display port to HDMI adapter, I've deleted the Intel Display Audio device and drivers, I've tried to grab Intel drivers and not just the surface drivers and nothing seems to change anything.

Is my display port fucked? It's about the only thing I can't do anything about.

Edit: I just now also noticed sometimes the audio will just cut out if interupted. An example, I have skype on the surface, and I run Kodi for movies and shit. If I start up Kodi, and then quit Skype it causes audio to go. Sometimes I can fix it by changing the format, other times I have to restart again. It happened just now as I opened Kodi while in the middle of an audio test.

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