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I updated all the drivers on the system to the latest from the manufacturer websites yesterday. I then installed and ran WinDbg it is telling me RtkHDAud.sys (R+k HDAud+179e98) is the culprit causing a double fault. When I disable Realtek High Definition Audio in Device Manager my PC runs all day no hitches. I can even open iTunes and have it run in the background without trouble BUT of course I can't hear anything. Soon as I enable the audio card and run iTunes the system won't stay up for more than four minutes sometimes less. I can run Winamp without trouble BUT I DON'T WANT TO ! I have my iTunes library on an external Western Digital USB Hard Disk Drive, maybe this is the problem? Any direction I could try would be greatly appreciated. Best solution I can think of at this point is to get a squeeze box and just take the sound card out? Here is the Mini Dump from WinDbg
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Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.9.0003.113 X86
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini070808-04.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available
Symbol search path is: SRVc:symbolshttp://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 2600.xpspsp2gdr.070227-2254
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055c700
Debug session time: Tue Jul 8 16:02:57.578 2008 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:05:30.294
Loading Kernel Symbols
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
Unable to load image RtkHDAud.sys, Win32 error 0n2
* WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for RtkHDAud.sys
* ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for RtkHDAud.sys
* Bugcheck Analysis *
Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck 1000007F, {8, 80042000, 0, 0}
Probably caused by : RtkHDAud.sys ( RtkHDAud+179ea5 )
Followup: MachineOwner
0: kd> !analyze -v
* Bugcheck Analysis *
UNEXPECTEDKERNEL_MODE_TRAPM (1000007f)
This means a trap occurred in kernel mode, and it's a trap of a kind
that the kernel isn't allowed to have/catch (bound trap) or that
is always instant death (double fault). The first number in the
bugcheck params is the number of the trap (8 = double fault, etc)
Consult an Intel x86 family manual to learn more about what these
traps are. Here is a portion of those codes:
If kv shows a taskGate
use .tss on the part before the colon, then kv.
Else if kv shows a trapframe
use .trap on that value
Else
.trap on the appropriate frame will show where the trap was taken
(on x86, this will be the ebp that goes with the procedure KiTrap)
Endif
kb will then show the corrected stack.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000008, EXCEPTIONDOUBLEFAULT
Arg2: 80042000
Arg3: 00000000
Arg4: 00000000
Debugging Details:
BUGCHECK_STR: 0x7f_8
CUSTOMERCRASHCOUNT: 4
DEFAULTBUCKETID: COMMONSYSTEMFAULT
PROCESS_NAME: iTunes.exe
LASTCONTROLTRANSFER: from 00000000 to ad1cfea5
STACK_TEXT:
ae1b3240 00000000 893b93c0 89231314 892316f4 RtkHDAud+0x179ea5
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
RtkHDAud+179ea5
ad1cfea5 3bce cmp ecx,esi
SYMBOLSTACKINDEX: 0
SYMBOL_NAME: RtkHDAud+179ea5
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: RtkHDAud
IMAGE_NAME: RtkHDAud.sys
DEBUGFLR_IMAGETIMESTAMP: 4333df59
FAILUREBUCKETID: 0x7f8RtkHDAud+179ea5
BUCKET_ID: 0x7f8RtkHDAud+179ea5
Followup: MachineOwner
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Answer 1

I haven't a clue about this but one thing I would suggest is to try running Quicktime and playing audio,
It is possible that Quicktime is the culprit not iTunes as iTunes uses QUicktime to play music.
If it is quicktime and you really have installed the latest High Definition audio driver, then it probably worth trying a complete removal of QUicktime according to the method in this article. It is important to remove the Quicktime files from the system32 folder as recommended in the article.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925
Then download and install the stand alone version of Quicktime.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
It might also be worth going to your QUicktime preferences audio tab and checking safe mode to see if that makes any difference.