Vista X64 Sound Stop Errors 0x00000124 - Only occuring with this game

I've had really poor luck getting this game to run for extended periods of time. Typically i have no problems for the first hour, but sometime after that the sound will suddenly get stuck and a BSOD occurs with the Stop 0x00000124 error.

While i'm not overclocking my machine, i did go and run Prime95 in stress testing mode for ~ 20 hours with no errors, and ran a Memcheck program from CD to confirm that it's neither of those components. I made sure that i had the windows Vista updates and drivers (Bios & Video / Sound Etc.) fully updated.

The card is a SB Gamer X-FI.

My System:

I7 Core 2.67

ASUS P6T Deluxe

6 GB ram - Tri-Channel Config

Nvidia 9800GT in SLI 2 config

Vista Home Premium x64 - SP1 and all other individual updates.

I did attempt to take out one of the video cards, since i saw some said that could cause some problems, but i experienced the same behavior.

Since i'm only seeing this problem with Sins i suspect it's something about the game, but i don't see any other reports of this here. So for the moment is there anything else i should be looking for or testing before i give up on Sins for the time being.

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I've been getting a similar issue with Sins for about 2 months now but haven't been able to find any solutions. Sometimes 5 minutes into play, sometimes 2 hours, sometimes not at all, the system hard-locks, sound sticks, and I have to hold the power button to reboot the machine in order to get a response. Don't get the BSOD, but I don't get anything after that happens-- screen is totally frozen, no response from mouse or keyboard.

System:

Intel 6400 Core 2 Duo 2.13

3 GB RAM

Nvidia 8800 GTS (running 178.13 drivers, but problem happened on previous version as well)

Vista Home Premium 32 bit - SP1 and all updates.

Likewise with me, this problem only happens with Sins. If there's a log file that's created somewhere that I could send to IronClad I'd be happy to, just don't know where to find it.

If anybody's got any ideas on this, I'd appreciate any help that can be given.

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XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp\Sins Dump

Vista: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\Sins Dump

If there is a minidump file present, please zip it up along with a copy of a dxdiag from your PC and a description of what you were doing when it occurred to support(at)ironcladgames(dot)com. Please note that you must provide your Sins of a Solar Empire serial number in your email to receive support (anti-piracy measure).

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Thanks for the pointer, I'll get that sent. No mini-dump file to send, unfortunately-- Sins Dump doesn't exist as either a directory or file.

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