CMI8738/C3DX freezes under Windows 7

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What soundcard to you have (make, model, chip)?

Chip CMI8738/C3DX integrated on the motherboard Asus P4B266. This is an old
(2002) motherboard, socket 748.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
What is the expected output? What happens instead?

Installing the driver under Windows 7 32 bit freezes the system. At every
reboot, the system freezes again as soon as the driver loads. Rebooting in
safe mode and disabling the hardware stops the freezing. As soon as it is
enabled again, it hangs again.

What version of the driver are you using? On what operating system? What
version of the operationg system are you using (32 or 64 bit)?

Driver: CMIDriver-1.2.6-bin-x86-WaveRT and CMIDriver-1.2.6-bin-x86.
OS: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit english

Please provide any additional information below.

I recall having the same problem under WinXP, but not with your driver. I
don't remember which driver I had installed, if it was the official Asus
driver, or if it was some other that I got from the internet.
Unfortunately, I also don't remember what I did to avoid the freezing,
perhaps disabling some feature. Anyway, after some tweaking the driver was
working under XP, until I installed Windows 7.

I have the latest BIOS version from Asus.

I'm attaching a minidump file, as requested in the FAQ.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by paulo...@gmail.com on 15 Sep 2009 at 12:53

Attachments:

• 091409-119203-01.dmp

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I don't have access to a full windows PC right now, so I'm currently not able 
to 
debug the problem, but I'm hoping that I'll have one in a few weeks.

Original comment by dogb...@gmail.com on 15 Sep 2009 at 3:56

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Thanks for the quick reply. Is there anything I can do while I wait to make your
debug easier later? I'm a developer too, but not in Windows, only Mac & Linux, 
so I'm
a bit limited in what I can do under Windows.

Thanks again,

Paulo

Original comment by paulo...@gmail.com on 15 Sep 2009 at 5:54

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paulo, well, you basically need the WinDDK to compile the driver from the 
source. 
I'm using build 6000 (the one for XP) in order to have the highest 
compatibility. 
there's then DebugView for getting the debug messages if they have been enabled 
for 
the compilation, and there's the kernel debugging tools which can be used to 
evaluate dumps.
from my gut feeling, I'd say that the chipset driver is causing the freeze when 
the 
resources for the soundcard are being allocated by the kernel. but that's just 
a gut 
feeling.

Original comment by dogb...@gmail.com on 15 Sep 2009 at 6:08