Possible issue with Rift audio causing crashes

[danny875]

I’m not sure yet as I need to reverse the test so I will amend this post when I have.

Since I got a Rift a few weeks ago I have been plagued by constant DCS crashes on PG, Nevada and Caucuses with the F/A18.

The longest flight I managed was about 55 mins but most would crash within 20 mins or less.

One of the Windows events was AudioDG crashing so I decided to use my old USB headphones instead of the Rift audio which I disabled.

Since then I have not had a crash and managed several flights of more than 2 hours!

Like I said at the top I will re-use the Rift audio tonight and see what happens...

Has anyone else experienced this?

 

Cheers

 

Dan

[toutenglisse]

Hi! Yep I had issue with Rift's headphones. But less dramatic. I was, with DCS mostly, loosing the sound after a while (instead of crashing like you). Zero problems with a separate headphone.

 

I ended finding it happend with Rift's headphones when I used all my usb ports (with DCS it's the case…) but peculary the front extended usb ports.

If nothing is plugged in front usb ports I have no issue with Rift's headphone.

[danny875]

Hi, yeah I don’t seem to have loss of audio but I have read that on the forum before.

I have a pretty old MB and all my USB ports are used (3x USB3 and a bunch of USB 2?).

I also have to use a non powered hub for my TMWH stick and button box attached via front panel.

Not ideal and I plan to upgrade very soon.

Specs are z77 MB with 16GB of RAM, 3570k@4.0 (most crashes were @3.4), 1080, 500GB SSD..

[danny875]

Nope, at least I’ve now switched back to Rift audio and all is good.

Can’t explain why I don’t have crashes anymore but I’m really happy about it!