Soundmax or PSU problem?

[JackJHG]

I know you guys just handled a problem like this a few days ago, but my problem is not quite the same. All of a sudden staring today, my computer will crash and restart, the windows diagnosis says that it was caused by the smwdm.sys program: soundmax. I have uninstalled the soundmax file, and installed an updated file from the soundmax website. So far, for 10 minutes, it has been ok. I wanted to post this because I feel that the problem is going to persist.

-Edit- Yeah its still crashing...

My specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ processor
512 mb RAM
Geforce FX 5600 video card
A7v600 Motherboard
I have a 350 Watt power supply

I am praying it is not a power supply problem, I have just recently bought an x800 xt video card, and is getting shipped to my home now. If my computer is having problems with power now, I hate to think of the problems with an x800 plugged in
Also, a my computer just crashed while I was entering the recycling bin. Now why would soundmax start up then? This makes me think that maybe my PSU is dieing.

Please help!

 

[DAPUNISHER]

You sound like you know your way around, so I presume you have eliminated spy ,ad, and virus issues, and checked to be certain there are no heat related problems too, correct? You can run memtest86+ to be certain the ram isn't going flakey but beyomd that the PSU bonking is definitely one of the prime suspects. If it's a generic psu then moving up to a quality one would be advisable. The PSU is the heart of the system so a strong heart is worth the expense regardless IMHO

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: JackJHG
I know you guys just handled a problem like this a few days ago, but my problem is not quite the same. All of a sudden staring today, my computer will crash and restart, the windows diagnosis says that it was caused by the smwdm.sys program: soundmax. I have uninstalled the soundmax file, and installed an updated file from the soundmax website. So far, for 10 minutes, it has been ok. I wanted to post this because I feel that the problem is going to persist.

-Edit- Yeah its still crashing...

My specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ processor
512 mb RAM
Geforce FX 5600 video card
A7v600 Motherboard
I have a 350 Watt power supply

I am praying it is not a power supply problem, I have just recently bought an x800 xt video card, and is getting shipped to my home now. If my computer is having problems with power now, I hate to think of the problems with an x800 plugged in
Also, a my computer just crashed while I was entering the recycling bin. Now why would soundmax start up then? This makes me think that maybe my PSU is dieing.

Please help!

Power supplies are a commonly blamed culprit here for some reason, but it sounds like you've already got the solution - the sound driver. If you uninstall the sound driver AND turn off the sound 'card' in your BIOS, does the problem persist? If not, you've found the problem - the sound card drivers / the sound card. If you have any memory dumps in c:\windows\minidump at the time in question, follow the information in my .sig and I'll take a look at the dump - perhaps I'll see something in there.

But I think you've got your answer already. Give it a shot.

 

[JackJHG]

Thanks for your posts, I updated Windows and my computer has been stable for 24 hours, so I think the problem was fixed.

Thanks again