BSOD after pci card install

[dandekuyper]

I have a Acer Aspire M3910-U4012 - Core i3 550 3.2 GHz - 6 GB - 1 TB with a single pci 5v 32-bit slot. After I install a E-MU 1010 32-bit universal sound card I get the BSOD. What could the problem be?

 

[gregbattis]

What does the bsod say. What error code is it spitting out?

 

[johnbl]

after you put a new card in a machine, you need to go to BIOS and reset it to defaults and reconfigure or update the BIOS. This will make the BIOS rescan the hardware and rebuild a database of settings that it sends to winodows. Otherwise, windows will detect the new hardware and install it but the BIOS and windows may have different settings and that can cause various bugchecks.

you might also need to apply new drivers and disable any onboard sound card or the sound support in your video card if you don't have speakers in your monitor that get its signal from the video card sound support.

 

[dandekuyper]

I went thru the entire set-up reseating the card and attaching power in an attempt to duplicate the problem and get the BSOD code.
This time it recognized the card.
I installed the e-mu drivers and patchmix application. Everything came up positive.
Attached the 1820M breakout box and it was recognized and loaded its settings.
Had a problem with another sound device driver (PODxt) loading before the break-out box software. Figured that out by leaving the PODxt turned off until all the breakout box software loaded.
Success!
YouTube sound is coming through the wave channel strip.
The PODxt is sending signal into the 1&2 input channels.
My E-MU midi keyboard is recognized and the Proteus application recognizes the breakout box, and I'm able to get the Proteus latency down to 2ms.
And to think I almost tossed the thing into the trash.
Thanks TomsHardware,
DanD