***Although I thoight I had already tried this early on, it seems turning off the wireless card did the trick. This VAIO has a physical switch for turning wireless on and off; I've always wondered why- this must be the reason.
It's also possible that this combined with some other part of my troubleshooting did the trick and that's why turning off wireless the first time wasn't sufficient.
For whatever reason, my ART usb interface worked with wireless on, but my Profire 2626 firewire also needed it turned off.
What if I check the box thast says "Share Drivers with other programs" Will that enable me to keep wireless on?****
No matter what I do, the Zoom R16 crashes my laptop after a minute or two of otherwise smooth operation.
The Blue Screen says the " Driver IRQ is not Less than or equal to.............."
I have the latest drivers and the latest firmware.
I am using the "sonar plugin" that comes with the unit.
Is that the problem?
win 7 64
Sonar X1