Problem caused by ACPI IRQ Holder

I got another BSOD (they seem to come periodically on my X61), this time caused by the ACPI IRQ Holder. It is supposedly incompatible with my Vista Business SP1 (all updates installed). Anybody know what this holder is? How to solve this problem?
Here's the Windows error message: 
Problem caused by ACPI IRQ Holder
This problem was caused by a compatibility issue between this version of Windows and ACPI IRQ Holder.
This product is usually distributed by the company that manufactured your device or computer.
Note
If you bought ACPI IRQ Holder from a retailer and installed it yourself, you will need to contact its manufacturer.
Recommendation
To find out if a solution or an updated version of ACPI IRQ Holder is available, contact your device or computer manufacturer.

God i wish that were the case! I run the laptop in High Performance ALL the time, regardless of being connected to power supply or not. As i need all the power i can get for graphics etc.
I know for sure that the spikes are caused by the acpi.sys as it has been discussed on many other digital DJing/music production forums (and the spikes disapear when its disabled). Apparently the problem is caused because the sound card is allowed to share
IRQ's with other USB devices, (this is why people have suggested running windows with acpi disabled so a different IRQ can be assigned to each device, bear in mind im not THAT knowledgeable about the inner workings of a computer so dont know if this
is true).
This is something that im surprised hasnt been brought up before on these forums to be honest! I would have thought its a problem which has roots deep in the inner workings of the computer and im sure theres no solution but its worth a try!

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