REW Forum

**JohnM** · **05-13-07, 06:32 AM**

Look in the log files in your home directory (location is in the REW About... dialog) to see if any error messages have been recorded.

**Chrisbee** · **05-13-07, 07:53 AM**

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JohnM wrote:

Look in the log files in your home directory (location is in the REW About... dialog) to see if any error messages have been recorded.

Sorry, nothing useful. Just a few numbered 1k txt. files saying that Room EQ has started.

**JohnM** · **05-13-07, 10:19 AM**

Very strange. When you say REW locks up, what actually happens? If REW no longer responds to any key presses/mouse clicks you can kill it from the Task Manager by stopping the Java.exe process.

To make a fresh start with REW use the "Delete settings and shut down" option in the Settings menu, the next time you start REW will be the same as a new install. Check that you have selected the SB Live as your default input and output device in the Windows control panel audio properties. Are you able to use the REW Signal Generator?

You might want to try again with the Creative software installation, something may have gone wrong with that.

**JohnM** · **05-13-07, 10:28 AM**

You may also find you can simply uninstall the Creative software and use the card with the generic Windows USB driver and the Windows volume controls.

**Chrisbee** · **05-13-07, 03:01 PM**

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You may also find you can simply uninstall the Creative software and use the card with the generic Windows USB driver and the Windows volume controls.

The Creative software won't uninstall, won't repair or modify!

Even more amusing is that "emulated" is back again!

**JohnM** · **05-13-07, 04:36 PM**

Maybe worth trying System Restore to go back to how things were a couple of days ago.

**Chrisbee** · **05-13-07, 04:46 PM**

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JohnM wrote:

Maybe worth trying System Restore to go back to how things were a couple of days ago.

Thankyou. Probably worth a try.

The lockup is total. The only thing that works is "Restart". I'm afraid that I can't close REW by your method because the large settings box covers most of the buttons at the top and the box can't be dragged clear. It just left a pretty blue smear when I tried to drag the box away. Not your problem of course. Thankyou very much for your patience and helpful advice.

**brucek** · **05-13-07, 06:18 PM**

Do you have an internal soundcard on your motherboard that perhaps needs to be disabled in bios?

**Chrisbee** · **05-16-07, 03:31 AM**

Can't restore.

I have disabled the internal soundcard in BIOS and Device Manager.

I have lost the mixer panel in the Creative software.

I have downloaded Creative software updates but they didn't help.

I have uninstalled REW and downloaded it again.

What happens: I start soundcard calibration and get as far as pressing the "Measure" button followed by Next and Next for the 1kHz tone test.

The output bar shoots up in a best rainbow tradition to stop at whatever sweep level I have chosen. Input remains stubbornly at -129.4. I then lose my keyboard. I have discovered I can Log Off to close REW using the cursor. Which saves a bit of time over a complete Restart. I can try to close settings or REW as many times as I like but they won't respond.

Without the Creative Mixer I have no access to the controls I need.

In Device Manager Sound, Video and Games controllers: I have a range of headings. Soundblaster has now disappeared from the sound,v and games list and been replaced by USB Composite Device lower down in Devices.

My computer is running incredibly slow while I wait for REW to respond but it obviously can't. Task manager shows the CPU is at 100%.

**brucek** · **05-16-07, 06:36 AM**

I'm afraid you've got more problems than just REW not working..

Windows is in a funk. You need to repair it first.

brucek

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