i was installing the copy protection software, then cubase sx 3 and then an update to it. this time, i skipped the cubase sx 3 install and just installed the update. it seems to have produced a stable install, but the asio driver won't load.
so, i'm reinstalling the alesis asio drivers and....
no.
let me try with the m-audio asio drivers..
yes. hrmmn.
so, let me try the alesis again...
yes.
weird.
ok.
one more reboot, then.
we'll have to test it when i finish the update post, i just wanted to get through the script. if that stabilizes, then maybe i need to alter the cubase install process.
there's been two repeated scenarios where the machine freezes:
1) the cubase issue, which looks like ram on first glance, but i think probably isn't. i mean, either all the ram is bad or none of it is. and it's probably not that all of it is.
2) when i search on one of the larger drives, which i think is an xp issue. again - that looks like ram, but i can't figure it which stick is bad, if it is.
it sounds crazy, but i'm guessing it's probably more along the lines of that i'm freezing the logger when i use too many resources. essentially, i'm crashing the software they're using to spy on me, which seems to be running at the firmware level.
yes, that's insane. but, it's what seems to be true. it is insane, but they're crazy, not me...
