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Sound Card stops Windows from starting
Okay so recently I did a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 on a SSD, and I have (more like had) a Creative X-Fi Titanium. It was working fine until I decided to install my old copy of FL Studio 10. I went into the Audio settings and set FL Studio to use Creative ASIO, at which point my whole PC locked up for a good 30 seconds. Afterwards, my sound didn't work at all. I decided to restart my PC to possibly solve the issue, and when it restarted and got to "Starting Windows", it just froze there. I waited a good 2-3 minutes (it usually takes less than 3 seconds) and nothing happened, so I did a hard shutdown and restart and it still wouldn't move. I took the sound card out and used onboard audio and Windows started fine. So I turned off, put the card back in, and then had the same issue. What happened?!
TL;DR: Set FL Studio to use Creative ASIO on my X-Fi Titanium and that screwed up my sound and prevented Windows from starting after a restart.