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    M1530 BSOD when using firewire

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by joeytav, Apr 6, 2009.

  1. joeytav

    joeytav Notebook Geek

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    Hi Guys,

    I'm having a problem with a Firewire Audio card when recording from a MIDI input. It works okay for a few seconds, then i get the dreaded BSOD - I haven't had time to look through the dump file yet, but the thread ks.sys is mentioned.

    I've had a look about, and I think the problem is something to do with the ASIO4All driver I installed (and subsequently uninstalled) OR how the IRQs are set up in windows.

    I'll post more details later, I need to run to work now - I just wondered if anyone else had experiences with this problem.



    Ta,
    Joe
     
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  2. SteveJonesy

    SteveJonesy Notebook Evangelist

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    If you have a proper firewire audio card why are you using Asio4all? It's essentially just a wrapper for WDM drivers when you dont have manufacturer supplied ASIO driver. Any decent audio card should come with it's own ASIO driver.
     
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    joeytav Notebook Geek

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    I wanted to see if ASIO4All helped with my latency at all. I'd just heard good things about it and thought I'd give it a bash - clearly wish I hadn't now :(

    I have a new 500Gb drive arriving today anyway, gonna reinstall Windows and see if the problem goes.
     
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    The best latency will be granted by the manufacturers ASIO driver unless they are rubbish at writing drivers ;)
    ASIO4All is really for people who want ASIO functionality but dont have a proper ASIO driver provided and like I say is just a wrapper for the WDM driver.
    Try seeing if you get the BSOD using the proper ASIO driver.
     
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    joeytav Notebook Geek

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    I uninstalled ASIO4All and switched back to the manufacturer's driver, but still get the BSOD. As soon as this drive arrives today, I'm going back to XP for my recording setup!
     
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    So XP is installed now and the majority of the hardware is disabled. I still get the BSOD when WiFi & Bluetooth is turned on, so i'm guessing that was causing it in the first place - not that it makes much difference, I have no networking stuff enabled in XP anyway.
     
    joeytav, Apr 15, 2009
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