Logic Error - Timer or Midi Output inactive

[Dj Mayonnaise]

Hi all,

I'm getting the following error with Logic 5.1:

"Timer or Midi Output inactive" - I'm not even running any midi devices.

System:

Win XP Home
1.3 gig AMD Athlon
Soyo k7v dragon plus mobo
1 gig Corsair pc2100 DDR
M-Audio Firewire 1814
7200rpm Maxtor

This started happening after I recently reformatted my hard drive. I've disabled the microsoft onboard syth contraption, but it hasn't helped. I'm not sure what else there is to do. All drivers are updated. Am I missing a setting in Logic? .wav files seem to play fine in Win Media Player.

Any ideas?

thanks guys

[Dj Mayonnaise]

Turns out Windwos Media player freezes the pc as well...
driver conflict?

[apropos of nothing]

Have you checked on all the settings in Logic and the control panel for your soundcard to make sure that the digital word-clock signal parameters line up nice?

Sounds like both programs are trying to adjust the digital clock rate and then getting confused when it doesn't change.

[Dj Mayonnaise]

It all looked good to me. I had a soundblaster card in there that I think was bad. I figured some drivers were left over so I reformatted again. The PC still locks up whenever I play audio. This is odd. Maybe I'm missing something or the 1814 is bad....

I have a friend coming over Wednesday to see if he can see something I missed.

[Dj Mayonnaise]

Turned out to be some kind of IRQ conflict after all. I fixed it, thanks for listening to my tear filled words, heh.