Tim, remove the SBLive card and all will return to normal.
We have been working since September to identify this problem. We have been rewriting how Krystal communicates over the PCI-bus back to the host processor. In our testing, we found that any use of bus mastering DMA for communications would cause lockups with the newer Intel 815 chipset and the VIA chipset (used on newer motherboards!).
It appears this was the problem that causes Krystal to crash with a SBLive installed in the host computer.
I just now received an upgrade from Larry with all bus mastering DMA removed!!!!!! Excited??? Who ME???
There is a chance that Kristal
MAY WORK with the SoundBlaster Live card with Microeditor V5.4 release. We will test this today.