X-Fi XtremeMusic crash in B

My X-Fi card appears to be crashing my computer in BF2. It doesn't seem to matter whether I have software, harware, or x-fi mode selected or if it's set to low, medium or high. Whether I have EAX on or of doesn't make a difference either. It will play fine for anywhere from 0 seconds to a minute until my computer seizes up to the point where I have to turn it off. The game plays completly stable if I disable the card from the device manager. I haven't had this problem in any other application, just BF2. I have already tried re-installing the X-Fi drivers and BF2. The old onboard sound drivers have been removed and the device is disabled. This problem has only occured since the newest patch was released. Any ideas?

the thing is i'm not 00% sure how to do it correctly especially after hearing stories thats its not always the bios. Its a pity because the card on the whole is fantastic the sound quality is amazing! i'm confident in installing any cards etc with drivers but the bios seems a little too far for me is theree anyone who can give me step by step guide to doing it correctly?
p.s my motherboard manufacturer is ASUS.
Thanks.

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X-Fi XTremeMusic crashes windows xp frequen

Hi,
i've read through a ton of BB threads which mentions X-Fi cards crashing (BSOD) but my problem seems to be rather different..not in terms of crashing but that there is BSOD..it simply just shuts down the PC and then restarts.
Anyways, here's the symptoms so far noticed:
) extremely slow responses from HD and memory
2) switching applications can crash explorer
3) PC restarts even when idle - gives me a "windows has recovered from a serious injury blah blah blah" message.
Now, my specs could be the problem here so don't shoot me for a n00b pls.
Dell 8400 P4 3.0Ghz HT
2 x Gb OCZ ram
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X-Fi XTremeMusic scard
Basically the only thing that's stock standard is the motherboard and the cpu - everything else has more or less been replaced with better hardware.
So, i've seen the PSU mentioned, the BIOS flash and N4 updates...but to be honest, i seriously don't dare flash my BIOS..it's a Dell and i'm sure if i tried i'd break it thoroughly..secondly, i've been told that Dell uses a propriatary PSU that's non-standard with the power plugs etc (i wouldn't know..am n00b remember).
So what would be a reasonable suggestion here? should i chuck the case, mobo, cpu and psu and get a new kit or is there any real smart peeps here which could help me out before i go to that extreme?
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Well it could still be the same sort of problem. IIRC there is a windows setting that allows systems to auto reboot instead of freezing on errors. Maybe you have that set which is preventing you from seeing a BSOD but only guessing on that. After this happens, if you reboot the system again does performance improve
Slow HD's makes me wonder if also maybe your dri'ves are running in Pio mode not DMA which would definitly make them run slower. You might want to check in device manager. Also maybe check for shared IRQ's

X-Fi XtremeMusic installation CD crashes at the beginning - SOLUT

I was about to post about this problem when I just came up with solution. So here I'm posting in mind it might help someone else.
When you got the new X-Fi XtremeMusic installed in a PCI-slot and you start Windows XP and when you try to put the installation CD in, right after the demo video when you press the next-button (">") first time and when the DemoShield comes to screen the installation crashes. When I pressed a button for more details it somewhere said it was somehow related to a file "quicktime.xx". So figured it might have got something do with Quicktime player. I didn't have Quicktime installed but instead a neat little package called Quicktime alternati've. I uninstalled the Quicktime alternati've-packet, and right after I went to Apple's page and downloaded and installed the original Quicktime 7 (without bundled iTunes - you're going to have to do a little research to find it). And without even one restart in middle of any of that I ranned the X-Fi autorun again, and the installation now goes nice 'n smooth - just like it should do without any of these gimmicks :angry: .
I didn't do a whole lot of research regarding that I'm not double posting about this issue. So if this been dealt already in some previous posts, admins you can freely just delete this post.
Hope this helps somebody else too besides me!Message Edited by Atte_84 on 0-6-2006 :37 PM

Hi Atte,
It's been covered quite a few times, but it can never hurt to bump a useful solution
Here is the link for the Quicktime standalone installer, in case anyone can't find it:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html
Cat

X-Fi XtremeMusic - System freezes and crashes, MSI mother bo

Hi,
After installing X-Fi XtremeMusic to my system a problem appeared. As I noticed It appears mostly when I?m connected to the Internet and downloading something. The system freezes but this freezing is related to explorer.exe. The low panel with Start button freezes, connection to Internet finishes. If some other programs are working at that moment they function further but it is not possible to run new programs.So the system freezes or blue screen apears or computer restarts.
I tried to install the OS Windows XP Professional to a new disk dri've Seagate ST36082AS. After installing the OS, original drivers to my MSI mother board the computer was functioning well and downloading well too. Then I installed original driver for Sound Blaster X-Fi, DR release 2.7.3 and tried to start downloading. Soon the system freezed.
Please offer a solution.
Mother board: MSI MS-6590 (KT6 Delta) VIA? KT600 Chipset
BIOS: AMI 5.7 update date 2004--
RAM: 52 Mb.
CPU: Athlon 2500+
Dri've: Seagate ST36082AS 60 Gb
OS: Windows XP Professional SP2

MSI 865 Neo2 V
INTEL Prescott 3200
X-fi Xtreme Gamer
i've tried last bios 6.20 from MSI;
last chipset drivers from MSI
last X-fi drivers from creative SBXF_PCDRV_LB_2_09_0007
System still crashin' when X-fi is called to play any sound more then 2 min.
I know i'm a member of X-fi crash-club just now
good work to all drivers developers and marketing team too :P

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First i uninstalled the X-Fi drivers, then i updated my kernel to version 2.6.26 and did a new install of X-Fi drivers. Installation was successful, but while booting i get some oops messages. Is it possible for me to fix this?
And how long i have to wait for the next driver release? Audio recordings sounds a bit tinny and i'm missing a ruler to control the capture valume. Without that it is not very useful to make recordings. Last driver release was on 6.4.2008 and the X-Fi is on market since 2005. Is Creative sleeping?
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<pre>Modules linked in: ctalsa(P+) haxfi(P) cthwiut(P) ctexfifx(P) ct20xut(P) ctsfman(P) emupia(P) ctossrv(P) snd_bt87x snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore snd_page_alloc
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RIP: 000:[] [] :ctalsa:_ZN2RendererList4EnumEjP8_rndInfo+0x7/0x3c
RSP: 008:ffff80daa59e8 EFLAGS: 0000292
RAX: ffff80daa5aa8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff80daa5a08
RDX: ffff80daa5a08 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff80daa59e8 R08: ffff80daa5b60 R09: 000000000000000
R0: ffff80fb0fca8 R: ffff80daa58d8 R2: ffff80daa5a98
R3: 0000000000000000 R4: ffff80daa5a08 R5: ffff80daa5a08
FS: 00007f70f2e826e0(0000) GS:ffff80fc75cc0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 000 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000daa0000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process modprobe (pid: 980, threadinfo ffff80daa4000, task ffff80f233360)
Stack: ffff80daa5a78 ffffffffa0a60f4d 0000000000000000 ffff80daa5aa8
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000088
Call Trace:
[] :ctalsa:_ZN2RendererList4FindEP8_rndInfo+0x7d/0x96
[] :ctalsa:_ZN3CtAudioDeviceQueryObjectERK5_GUIDPcS2_ PP0ICtUnknown+0x87/0xcc
[] :ctalsa:ctdrv_HwObj_ctor+0x2eb/0x36c
[] :ctalsa:snd_ctalsa_probe+0x2c5/0x4a0
[] ? sysfs_create_link+0xb6/0x03
[] ? pci_device_probe+0x4c/0x72
[] ? driver_probe_device+0xb5/0x59
[] ? __driver_attach+0x46/0x6d
[] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0x6d
[] ? bus_for_each_dev+0x44/0x78
[] ? bus_add_driver+0xac/0xf2
[] ? driver_register+0xa2/0xf
[] ? __pci_register_driver+0x4a/0x7b
[] ? :ctalsa:ctalsa_init+0x23/0x39
[] ? sys_init_module+0x9d5/0xbf
[] ? getnstimeofday+0x38/0x92
[] ? ktime_get_ts+0x2/0x4a
[] ? system_call_after_swapgs+0x7b/0x80
Code: 48 8b 07 ff 50 0 85 db 78 0b ba 05 40 00 80 83 7d dc 00 74 05 ba 00 00 00 00 89 d0 48 83 c4 48 5b c9 c3 90 55 48 89 e5 48 89 d <48> 8b 57 08 b8 05 40 00 80 48 85 d2 74 25 b8 05 40 00 80 39 37
RIP [] :ctalsa:_ZN2RendererList4EnumEjP8_rndInfo+0x7/0x3c
RSP
CR2: 0000000000000008
---[ end trace 5f335505afbc7f56 ]---</pre>

I'm closing this thread since there's a similar thread from me in the Windows Vista board already. Please continue all Vista related discussion in the available Windows Vista board.
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...board.id=Vista
Jason

X-Fi XtremeMusic drivers blue-screening me nigh

I am at a loss on what to do here so any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
I get typically one blue screen per night for months now. Sometimes I don't actually crash, but get spells of lag where the machine feels like it is taking forever to respond to actions. Sometimes if I click shutdown in Windows the machine acts like it is going to shut down, then does nothing at all.
So I ran Microsoft's WinDbg on my crash logs and it turns out it is emupia2k.sys ( emupia2k+d7ca ) - after some googling I confirmed this is indeed the culprit.
My board is an MSI P4N Diamond based on Nforce 4 chipset with P4 3ghz, 4GB Ballistix DDR2 RAM, and dual 7800GT's in SLI. I have the latest BIOS (.50), all the latest patches for Windows XP Pro, and the latest Creative drivers for my X-Fi XtremeMusic (2.09.0007 - Oct 30, 2006) and still no dice. Still having the same problems.
I have read about killing some of the processes (ie DLLML.exe) but that seems kinda hack and the one time I did kill DLLML.exe shortly afterwards I still ended up crashing.
Thanks in advance for any information.
--Jon

jutapa wrote:
emupia2k.sys = E-mu Plug-in Architecture Driver (WDM)
dllmll.exe = Creative DLL Module Loader
Have you tried by (temporary) disabling the CTXFISPI.EXE process from running?
Just ctrl+alt+del ... task manager ... processes -tab ... select the ctxfispi and hit the end process -button (the process is ended untill you start it manually or boot next time).
Which processes associated to X-Fi there are running ?
jutapaMessage Edited by jutapa on -5-2006:4 AM
Have not tried that. Any idea if it will have any adverse effects doing that?

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Hi, IPhoto on my Macbook is crashing. I can open it, then as soon as I scroll down it locks up and I have to force quit.
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Message was edited by: peggy toole

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Yeah, the system is fast and runs Windows Vista great, when it's actually WORKING, which is usually only guaranteed for about the first 5 minutes after you power the system on and boot windows. After that, it's just buying time before it crashes again. Forget trying to get anything done on this computer. Forget about asking this PC to play a video or music file without the files "stuttering" during playback. Even my 7 year old Sony Vaio which is running XP can handle playing an MP3 file without stuttering and crashing!
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2) I will be doing nothing at the time (example, I close all programs out and leave Windows sitting on the main desktop screen), I'll walk out of the room for a minute, then come back and find I can't move the mouse. This system will often lock-up without any warning!
Sometimes I'll get a BSOD or error screen, sometimes I won't (in which case your only option is to do a cold re-boot.) When I do get the BSOD, the error is ALWAYS the "did not get a response from the secondary processor" yada yada. I wish HP would just admit they shipped this model out with a bad processor/motherboard/whatever and do an official recall. I have owned PCs for the last 13 years and this is the worst and most consistently disappointing experience I have ever had.
What is the hardware issue? Which part is the lemon part? The motherboard? The processor? The BSODs seem to indicate a bad processor. I do have the Pegatron Truckee version 1.03 motherboard. Is that the problem?
P.S. I have contacted HP on many occasions about this, literally stayed on the phone for hours with "customer support" (according to one HP rep, 80% of their customer service reps are based outside of the United States...good luck getting any "technical" help from them) to no avail. I did talk to one nice tech support guy in Canada who said "it sounds like your unit has a bad processor", so he had HP send me a box to ship my unit to their repair center so they can replace the processor. However, I have also had HP reps tell me it could be anything from the memory to the hard drive. Multiple HP reps claimed to me that they have "received no complaints" about this system. One guy told me he "thought he got an email last week" regarding "something" about the system, but couldn't remember what it was and he put me on hold while he searched for the email. He never found it. What a joke.
EDIT: Just to clarify, the crashing issue has been happening since day one, but initially I thought it was an issue with Vista. I had never owned or used Vista before, so I thought maybe Vista was just unstable. Nope. I know several people who own Vista and have never experienced these issues. I have downloaded every update from Microsoft/Windows Update. I have upgraded to Vista SP2 with all the latest drivers and software for all of my hardware. No luck. It is definitely a hardware issue. Thank god HP's warranty is good for 1 year (I bought my Elite in July).
Message Edited by Doonyman on 09-24-2009 02:58 AM

Unfortunately I have to add my disastrous encounter with HP's E9180F a true lemon HP is selling. I must take some responsibility for not carefully researching this model before I purchased, but I trusted the HP name and got stung- big time.
The scoundrel :
HP and its Pavilion Elite e9180f
Windows 7 64bit
motherboard - Pegatron Truckee ver 1.03
BIOS ver 5.22Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
Memory 9206 MB Ram
As so many others have reported my HP E9180f started locking up and going to BSOD right out of the box. My first freeze-up came when I was doing the Windows update process. At first I didn't think much about it but I started getting random freezes a couple time a day. At that point I went online to see if others had experienced the same problem and perhaps had a fix. What I found was very troubling; I found extensive documentation describing my exact problems and what was really horrifying was the reports of how ridiculous HP's help services were treating people with the problem. At first I didn't totally believe what I was reading on HP's own customer forum; I do now.
·         I've went through the total recovery process three times now, HP techs have spent hours remotely running my computer, (yes it did lock up on them to)
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Keep in mind that each time HP requests that I make changes, they then ask me to test the system, which I did and each time with the same result, BSOD
I'm heading into my fifth week of working with HP to fix this problem. and I still haven't even been able to get my case moved up to a senior case manager, what a joke HP's help process is.
One conversation I loved was;
HP tech: "I'll have a senior case manager call you within 24 hours."
Skeptical me: "What should I do if I don't get a call?"
Silence, no response.
Me again: "What should I do if I don't get a call?"
HP tech: "That's an impossibility."
Guess what? The impossibility became reality (I bet you guessed) .
HP's last stall tactic was to have me fax them my proof of purchase and invoice and call back in 24 hours. Where have I heard that before? Apparently nothing can go forward until they receive it. So I faxed them the stuff within 10 minutes, and when I called back 24 hours later, guess what, you're right it wasn't on their system yet. I asked couldn't I be escalated to a senior case manager (it's apparent that only a senior case manager can do anything). "No," was the tech's reply, "call back again later".
Please if anyone out there knows the secrete to getting a senior case manager, or an HP tech support number here in the U.S. so I can get this thing fixed I'd love to know it.
Fast becoming HP never again.

Mid 2009 Crashing but fine in Safe Mode

Hello friendly support community,
Having a little issue again with my mid 2009 Macbook Pro 2.53GHz intel core 2 duo system. Upgraded the system from 4gb to 8 gb about a month ago and everything has seemingly been running fine until today.
- Shut down my system last night.
- Went to power on this evening about an hr ago and I was stuck on the white Apple logo loading screen.-
- Reset PRAM (reset 3 times in a row) and SMC ---- still stuck
- Boot into safe mode--- worked then immediately restarted (via instructions from http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570)
- Boot normaly (no longer stuck on white loading screen!)----- then immediate CRASH!!!
- Back in safe mode now (which is working fine) to submit this Help Discussion
Here is the panic report. Any ideas. I know that yesterday I updated the Evernote app from the Apple App Store and updated the definitions in the VirusBarrier App (also downloaded from the app store a while ago). Nothing more changed. Would really appreciate the help!
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 699621 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    EE13C9DD-36A4-4CEC-8556-2699A200F2FA
Sat Dec 8 20:22:50 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2abf6a): Kernel trap at 0x0027c015, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000010, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x04ccd9bc, ECX: 0x0dfe53d4, EDX: 0x00000010
CR2: 0x00000010, EBP: 0x827a3578, ESI: 0x045c46b0, EDI: 0x03ebf7b8
EFL: 0x00010297, EIP: 0x0027c015, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00840010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x827a3378 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x827a33ac 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x827a33c8 : 0x2abf6a (0x59e3d0 0x27c015 0xe 0x59e59a)
0x827a34a8 : 0x2a1a78 (0x827a34c0 0x320 0x827a3578 0x27c015)
0x827a34b8 : 0x27c015 (0xe 0x48 0x827a0010 0x220010)
0x827a3578 : 0x27c14b (0x4ccd9bc 0x1 0x827a35e8 0x1)
0x827a3598 : 0x27e631 (0x4ccd9bc 0x1 0x0 0x3494000)
0x827a35b8 : 0x26b175 (0x4ccd9bc 0x1 0x0 0x0)
0x827a3608 : 0x910f22 (0xd5821bc 0x3493000 0x0 0x3494000)
0x827a36a8 : 0x91268f (0x41000 0x0 0x827a374c 0x1)
0x827a3768 : 0x30d08c (0x7db30af0 0x0 0xd2854c4 0x2a0354)
0x827a37c8 : 0x2ce7fc (0x827a38b8 0xe2b7500 0x827a3868 0x42d929)
0x827a3878 : 0x42d35f (0xd34df38 0x827a38b8 0x827a38c8 0x2cce69)
0x827a3898 : 0x2fa6c8 (0x827a38b8 0x0 0x1 0xdfe13e4)
0x827a38c8 : 0x2d3cf5 (0x7db30af0 0xdf9a800 0x0 0x41000)
0x827a39d8 : 0x2d466a (0x447000 0x0 0x0 0x202d)
0x827a3a78 : 0x2d4738 (0xe2b11bc 0xb35db0 0x0 0x447af8)
0x827a3ab8 : 0x42f641 (0xe2b11bc 0xb35db0 0x0 0x447af8)
0x827a3b58 : 0x2ff361 (0x827a3b78 0x121abe30 0x0 0x0)
0x827a3ba8 : 0x476a19 (0xe2b11bc 0x2c 0x827a3e78 0x0)
0x827a3f78 : 0x4f82fb (0xd9dea80 0xdd01568 0xdfe1324 0x1)
0x827a3fc8 : 0x2a251d (0xdd01564 0x0 0x10 0xe6e97e4)
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.BootCache(31.1)@0x90f000->0x913fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro5,5 (Mac-F2268AC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 35889600979
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch    54.3 - last loaded 32944551969
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.3d0
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver    1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.12.31
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    2.1.0
com.apple.driver.InternalModemSupport    2.6.2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.57
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.7
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.20
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.1d2
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver    1.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelYonahProfile    14
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile    17
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelNehalemProfile    11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMeromProfile    19
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    4.7.0a1
com.apple.GeForce    6.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.5.1
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU    1.5.2d10
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    2.10.6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight    170.0.46
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons    201.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver    201.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    201.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController    303.8
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    2.6.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader    2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    1.6.4
com.apple.BootCache    31.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.7.3
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx    423.91.27
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224    428.42.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager    160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.1.7
com.apple.nvenet    2.0.17
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI    4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    142.6.0
com.apple.security.sandbox    1
com.apple.security.quarantine    0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    2.1.14
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    142.6.0
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver    2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver    207.11
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction    17
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver    2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction    14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction    20
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    74.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.8.3fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily    41
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.0d5
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.1
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    6.3.6
com.apple.NVDAResman    6.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.2.1
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController    2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController    2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    207.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    4.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    2.6.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI    1.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    2.6.8
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    402.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver    2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family    320.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    1.10
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.NVSMU    2.2.7
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    6
com.apple.driver.DiskImages    289
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.3.0
Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.47f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST9250315ASG, 232.89 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0x26500000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0236, 0x04600000 / 3
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 3

Happened a few more times.
Here's the latest Panic report.
Any idea if it's an issue with the ram???
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 702277 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          3
Anonymous UUID:                    EE13C9DD-36A4-4CEC-8556-2699A200F2FA
Sat Dec 8 21:24:35 2012
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2a0663): "Spinlock acquisition timed out: lock=0x2fce7b8, lock owner thread=0x200, current_thread: 0xdd563d4, lock owner active on CPU 0xffffffff"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.15.3/osfmk/i386/locks_i386.c:374
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x80bf3c28 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x80bf3c5c 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x80bf3c78 : 0x2a0663 (0x59ccb0 0x2fce7b8 0x200 0xdd563d4)
0x80bf3cb8 : 0x27d49e (0x2fce7b8 0x1 0x80bf3ce8 0x2aac45)
0x80bf3d08 : 0x27d657 (0x43e2dac 0xe10b8dc 0x40000 0x0)
0x80bf3d38 : 0x256b84 (0x43e2dac 0xe10b8dc 0x40000 0x0)
0x80bf3de8 : 0x258f93 (0xdd06250 0x40000 0x0 0x1)
0x80bf3f38 : 0x2ab83c (0xc679334 0x1d2db000 0x1 0x1)
0x80bf3fc8 : 0x2a18da (0xda6e644 0x1 0x10 0xda6e644)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: AppCleaner
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro5,5 (Mac-F2268AC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 173963418643
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver    2.0 (addr 0x7a5fd000, size 0x12288) - last unloaded 140031833699
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.3d0 - last loaded 37542394069
com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.12.31
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.57
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile    17
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.7
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch    54.3
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver    1.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.20
com.apple.nvenet    2.0.17
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU    1.5.2d10
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224    428.42.4
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight    170.0.46
com.apple.GeForce    6.3.6
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons    201.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    201.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController    303.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader    2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    1.6.4
com.apple.BootCache    31.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI    4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager    160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    142.6.0
com.apple.security.sandbox    1
com.apple.security.quarantine    0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    2.1.14
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    142.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard    141.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    141.5
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction    17
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction    14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction    20
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    74.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.3
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver    2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver    207.11
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.8.3fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily    41
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family    320.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    1.10
com.apple.driver.NVSMU    2.2.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.0d5
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.1
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    6.3.6
com.apple.NVDAResman    6.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.2.1
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController    2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController    2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    207.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    4.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    2.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    2.6.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.6.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI    1.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    6
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages    289
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.3.0
Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.47f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST9250315ASG, 232.89 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0x26500000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 3
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0236, 0x04600000 / 3
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2

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After recently downloading and installing the 1.0.3 update to Soundtrack Pro I also loaded the Sony Kit Watkins Ambient Realms library of loops. While browsing the loops in the STP browser, STP suddenly quit. I've had this problem with other loop libraries as far back as version 1.0 of STP, so to have it again now suggests an internal problem never corrected. There is no single loop that always causes a problem, but the problem doesn't seem to occur until after previewing a number of loops, as though some stack finally fills up and aborts the whole process. Although it's always wise to save often, this problem is like playing Russian Roulette with one's work. Has anyone else experienced this issue and found a solution?
PowerPC G5 dual 1.8; PowerBook G4 1.33 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi Lawrence,
That sounds strange to me. I audition files all the time just fine. I wonder what's different. I'm running Tiger. What audio interface are you using?
Whenever I run into strange behavior, I usually switch to built-in audio and try the same thing as a sanity to see if it is something funky with my audio interface setup (at least this might help isolate the issue). Having said that, I've found STP 1.0.2 and now STP 1.0.3 to be really solid (at the risk of jinxing myself).
Also, are you getting the send crash report to Apple thingy or does STP just quit? Sometimes there are clues about why an app crashed by looking at the crash log or by opening the console (/Applications/Utilties/Console.app)--have you checked there for more info?

FF crashes at start-up; the solution seems to suggest that I should access the help menu on the FF window--which I can't open because it crashes--what am I missing?

it started on 9/3--worked fine for years before that.
Sorry to be dumb, but I cannot follow your instructions--they make no sense to me. What is a location bar (to find "about:crashes"). where do I find a crash id? where do I find "help> troubleshooting" to copy and paste information? you could use much better help screens to explain to the averge person what you need.

If Firefox is crashing as soon as you open it, getting information from inside Firefox is almost impossible. See if Firefox crashes so quickly when you open Firefox in the Firefox SafeMode. Hold the '''Shft''' when you go to start Firefox, don't select anything right now, just use '''''Continue in SafeMode'''''.

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