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Typically, if I experience such a crash, I can unplug the D150, reboot, and then immediately upon plugging in the D150 the PC will crash again. Right now, it's unplugged as I'm not using it. Window 7 Professional. |
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You know it only crashes when connected to the D150?
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So we know it is an issue with the D150 and or the USB cable. It sounds like it crashes on all varieties of boot up sequences. You have the latest firmware. You have tried different USB cables. I really have nothing but will ask a few more questions just in case you haven’t.. Has ANYTHING changed from when it was stable? Power cord, outlet used or power conditioner?
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Main Equipment: Kharma Elegance dB11-S, JL Audio F113v2 X 2, Block Audio Line & Mono SE Amplification, Bricasti M21 DAC, Antipodes Kala K-50 Server, Clearaudio Performance SE. Satisfy tonearm & Maestro Wood MM cartridge. Power: Shunyata Everest 8000, Sigma XC v2, Sigma NR v2, Block Audio PCs, Defender, ADDPowr Wizard Grounding: Shunyata Altaira CGS - 4 X Alpha CGS cables, Network : Supra Cat 8+, Twin (Nenon) Modified Buffalo GS2016 Switches, Keces P3 LPSU, Cables: Wireworld Platinum 8 USB, Wireworld Platinum 8 Speaker cables, 6M & 1M Tubulus Concentus ICs, Other:Two PSI Audio AVAA C20, Multiple GIK products, Stillpoint Apertures, Stillpoint Minis and Ultra SS, Three 20 Amp lines, Furutech GTX - Gold outlets, Adona Rack |
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If the computer is not stable on its own, it would make sense to get the computer stable before trying to get it to work with the D150.
How good are you with reinstalling Windows? Are you opposed moving to Windows 10? |
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I once had a similar issue with a Win 7 PC and a D100. Many different issues with the combination.
I moved to a different DAC and all those problems went away. Not saying the D150 is your issue but my experience with a D100 sounds very similar.
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Main Equipment: Kharma Elegance dB11-S, JL Audio F113v2 X 2, Block Audio Line & Mono SE Amplification, Bricasti M21 DAC, Antipodes Kala K-50 Server, Clearaudio Performance SE. Satisfy tonearm & Maestro Wood MM cartridge. Power: Shunyata Everest 8000, Sigma XC v2, Sigma NR v2, Block Audio PCs, Defender, ADDPowr Wizard Grounding: Shunyata Altaira CGS - 4 X Alpha CGS cables, Network : Supra Cat 8+, Twin (Nenon) Modified Buffalo GS2016 Switches, Keces P3 LPSU, Cables: Wireworld Platinum 8 USB, Wireworld Platinum 8 Speaker cables, 6M & 1M Tubulus Concentus ICs, Other:Two PSI Audio AVAA C20, Multiple GIK products, Stillpoint Apertures, Stillpoint Minis and Ultra SS, Three 20 Amp lines, Furutech GTX - Gold outlets, Adona Rack |
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Just wanted to throw this in......
On the McIntosh USB DAC side, I have a D100, D150, and a C2600 (with built in DAC). I have never had a problem with any of them and 99% of all the music I listen to is through one of these USB DAC's... And I use one or more of them on a daily basis... The only reliability issues I have ever faced were caused by USB cables and those were only used just for the sake of seeing if they would work. The one exception is I did have a issue back in the Windows 7 days when I tried out an Audio Research USB DAC for a couple weeks, didnt like it, then used that computer with another DAC. I uninstalled all the Audio Research drivers, but I did have driver issues with getting a different USB DAC to work. I could have probably troubleshot it more, but it only takes 15 mins to reinstall Windows so I went that route and never had a problem similar to this again. |
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The PC is quite stable - just not when the D150 is plugged in. I hate Win10 and am holding out ...
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