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I have searched for your hardware But, it did not return many results & none of the issues that you explain.

There is a " Sound Problem - How To " Guide posted in the forums with a lot of info Here ( http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=32293 )

I don't know if you have checked ubuntu fourms, but it is probably worth your while to look at the post "Comprehensive Sound Problem Solutions Guide v0.5e "
here ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... s+no+sound ) It is full of info & worth a try,

Hope this helps,
Jay514

"I am looking for a solution: for the speakers to work and for the computer to not freeze. Either with PulseAudio or without it."

It is not difficult to get rid of PulseAudio.
Remove the evil and all problems may disappear.

see:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=32173
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Some soundcards does not work after the computer has been suspended or hibernated.
This is a known bug.

Can you restart sound with this command?
If your problem is with the suspend or hibernate feature, there are workarounds.

that's great news imploder.

If you narrow the problem down to being a suspend or
hibernation issue, start a new thread and we can work
to resolve it.

cheers
mick