Last post is quite old but hopefully this will help others still having issues with 1616m.

Here's what I did:
1. Disable on-board sound
2. Uninstall HDMI sound driver (on my 69xx series graphics card)
3. Install the beta drivers from 2010 located here: E-MU PCI/PCIe Windows 7 Beta Driver - June 2010 (0404/1212M/1616/1616M/1820/1820M)
4. Not sure if it changed anything but I also set E-MU PatchMix DSP to compatibility mode XP SP2

Hope this helps!
Moridin


PS the reason I use this "old" BETA driver is if you look in the wdma_emu.inf (EmuPMX_PCDrv_US_2_30_00_BETA\Binary\Drivers\wdm) of the release version and BETA you will see the release is 1 year older...seems like someone may have screwed up when packaging the released version...

BETA: EmuPMX_PCDrv_US_2_30_00_BETA - Modified Date:23 February 2010 Version: 2.12.0006.5
Release: EmuPMX_PCDrv_US_2_30_00 - Modified Date:23 February 2009 Version: 2.12.0004.5

So glad you posted Moridin. I somehow missed this thread before. I have a 1212m pci card with this intermittent problem. I'll see if switching the drivers helps. Thanks!

Alas! I still get the BSODs. Almost makes want to switch to Reaper... Almost. I'm beginning to think the only fix may be a new interface.

Hi guys, it happens to my comp too :/ I have almost the same configuration an Spencil (Gigabyte H67 Motherboard  and i5 2500K) 


Is changing an interface the only solution? I tried everything and I guess testing it with compatibility mode , new drivers etc. won't help. EMU sucks, cause they are definitely loosing their customers (maybe me too?). It takes away your power while composing and makes you very frustrated... so, I'm wondering what is the final of this issue? Have you changed your interfaces?

SoundIT


Hi guys, it happens to my comp too :/ I have almost the same configuration an Spencil (Gigabyte H67 Motherboard  and i5 2500K) 


Is changing an interface the only solution? I tried everything and I guess testing it with compatibility mode , new drivers etc. won't help. EMU sucks, cause they are definitely loosing their customers (maybe me too?). It takes away your power while composing and makes you very frustrated... so, I'm wondering what is the final of this issue? Have you changed your interfaces?

Yes...changed to a Tascam US-1800 and couldn't be happier.  It feels so good doing sessions without having the feeling of walking on egg shells.

Well, I'm still using the 1212m pci. I just upgraded to X2 and there is more crashes now, but there were with X1 until at least X1b if not later. I just looked yesterday and they no longer support the pci version, so soon I will be looking for something else. BTW, the above problem just went away at some point and I don't know why.

OK I skipped to the end so I may have missed this somewhere. Are your PCI slots native or bridged from the PCIe controller? The block diagram (showing PCIe to PCI bridge) in your motherboard manual or an email to Gigabyte support might clear that up if you do not know. Bridged PCI is the most common way to do it on newer motherboards, and has resulted in problems with a lot of the old PCI cards. If this is a hardware problem and no new drivers will be coming, then it may be insoluble in your present machine.

We all know that EMU is dead. Creatives only interest are new consumer soundcards. If you can grab one, i suggest to take a 1212m pcie,
Windows 8 64 bit and the latest  beta driver from 8 Aug 2012
http://support.creative.c...nDriverType=11#type_11

Sandmännchen


We all know that EMU is dead. Creatives only interest are new consumer soundcards. If you can grab one, i suggest to take a 1212m pcie,
Windows 8 64 bit and the latest  beta driver from 8 Aug 2012
http://support.creative.c...nDriverType=11#type_11

Yeah, ok, but does it work and if you can confirm it? Actualy EMU doesn't deserve to buy another their product but I guessI don't have much time to learn nothing more, but who knows...  Actualy I've got 1616M PCIe and its their newest driver...

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We all know that EMU is dead. Creatives only interest are new consumer soundcards. If you can grab one, i suggest to take a 1212m pcie,
Windows 8 64 bit and the latest beta driver from 8 Aug 2012
http://support.creative.com/downloads/welcome.aspx?nDriverType=11#type_11

 
 
SoundIT

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We all know that EMU is dead. Creatives only interest are new consumer soundcards. If you can grab one, i suggest to take a 1212m pcie,
Windows 8 64 bit and the latest  beta driver from 8 Aug 2012
http://support.creative.com/downloads/welcome.aspx?nDriverType=11#type_11

Yeah, ok, but does it work and if you can confirm it? Actualy EMU doesn't deserve to buy another their product but I guessI don't have much time to learn nothing more, but who knows...  Actualy I've got 1616M PCIe and its their newest driver...

Alot of bashing on EMU? For the money you can't get wrong. EMU 1616M are a great sound card that sounds absolutely stunning.
Sound and are exactly the same converters found in LYNX Aurora that cost more then $4000 more.
 
If you don't believe me you can take a listen for yourself here!.
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear-shoot-outs-sound-file-comparisons-audio-tests/380129-lynx-l22-vs-emu-1616m-clips.html