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Sound card locks up periodically
saint2e
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Hey guys,
Just wondering if there's an application out there that can identify which program on my PC currently has the sound card locked.
Periodically my sound card will stop working. This is remedied by rebooting, but I hate doing that. I'm convinced one of my application is locking out the sound card, causing other programs to be unable to play sounds (ie- trying to play an mp3 in iTunes just has iTunes spin while I assume it's trying to use the sound card).
Does such a tool/application exist?
I'm running Windows Vista 64-bit.
Just wondering if there's an application out there that can identify which program on my PC currently has the sound card locked.
Periodically my sound card will stop working. This is remedied by rebooting, but I hate doing that. I'm convinced one of my application is locking out the sound card, causing other programs to be unable to play sounds (ie- trying to play an mp3 in iTunes just has iTunes spin while I assume it's trying to use the sound card).
Does such a tool/application exist?
I'm running Windows Vista 64-bit.
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have you updated whatever sound drivers are on your PC?
have you tried reinstalling any software that came with the sound card?
those are your first steps.
I've been keeping the drivers updated, but I see now that the "SoundMax" software is still what I installed back when I put this rig together. I'll see if I can find an update for that..