Hi Mark,

I have 256MB, twice the minimum, so I was rather surprised at the problem. I will be answering Creative tonight, as they asked me to let them know if their solution and the back up solution, in case the first didn't work. Also have Pentium IV, while minimum is two.

I found that the .not files played back and could be edited normally with the SF memory set at 55MB, using the default 4MB bank, which is shown as loaded for both Synth A and B, but I'm assuming they use the same one, so there are not eight MB loaded.

When I tried to use a 28MB bank for a and the default for B, I could not set the SF memory high enough to prevent--you know what. Yep, crashes, and even wav and mp3 crashes.

So the saga continues. Won't even get started on the mess I got into all day, trying to get rid of all Audigy 2 so I could install the old card. Wound up having to install all components individually because the installation disk wouldn't give me a complete install option. It was great fun.

all best,
mgj