Vegas 4.0c crashes system when editing audio tracks

jfinnan wrote on 6/20/2003, 10:53 AM
When working with audio events on the timeline, I frequently have a system crash that gives me the typical windows BSOD stating that "kmixer.sys" has caused a page fault...etc..etc..etc.. I checked google and found scores of info regarding kmixer.sys as a windows system file that is the interface of the windows system to the sound board and sound drivers installed in the system. So it looks like Vegas causes some kind of incompatibility in the system that causes the crash. I have no problems editing audio in other audio applications...only when manipulating audio on the timeline. Nothing else in Vegas causes the problem and everything else works great. It only happens when working with audio events on the timeline. It doesn't happen all the time, but frequently enough that I have to go through several reboots during an editing session in Vegas. Thank God for the backup files Vegas creates. That has saved me a few times already..although I pretty regularly save anyhow. Anyone have any ideas? I have an ASUS A78NX Deluxe motherboard that has the integrated Nvidia sound system...???

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Ted_H wrote on 6/20/2003, 11:06 AM
The first thing you'll want to do is reinstall the newest drivers for the Nvidia sound chip. Drivers can be downloaded from either the ASUS or Nvidia website.

Ted
pwppch wrote on 6/20/2003, 8:10 PM
Only a driver can cause the BSOD, so it is a driver issue. That kmixer.sys is specified means that the audio driver did something wrong at the lowest level.

What version of Windows are you running?
What bit depth - 16 ? 24?
What version are the audio drivers you are using?


Peter
jfinnan wrote on 6/24/2003, 8:54 AM
I'm running WindowsXP Pro. I loaded the latest Nvidia drivers for the ASUS motherboard from the Asus download website. I did just download some drivers from the Nvidia website and will be trying those. However, I noticed that the driver versions are significantly different between Nvidia and Asus versions. So, I'm not sure what will happen. As for bit depth, I believe I am running 24bit..but I'd have to check that again.