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[The Fifth Horseman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bethrezen @ Oct 24 2007, 01:13 PM) [snapback]317147[/snapback]</div>

so what open the sound set-up up in MAX and change the Device IRQ from 5 to 7 and see if that solves the problem ??[/b]

Precisely.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bethrezen @ Oct 24 2007, 01:13 PM) [snapback]317147[/snapback]</div>

on the off chance that that is not what is causing the problem what else might be causing MAX to crash lock up and general malfunction
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VDMSound itself. It's not exactly the most stable thing around, and random crashes are not unheard of.