You guys who are getting crashes after keying your mic, what kind of sound board/chip are you using?
I use Turtle Beach USB Surround Sound headphones. I also have onboard sound enabled, but only use the headphones in-game:
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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Audio Advantage SRM Device)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: USB\VID_10F5&PID_0200&REV_0010&MI_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: CM10664.sys
Driver Version: 7.12.0008.2140 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: No
Date and Size: 10/1/2009 19:04:52, 1307648 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Turtle Beach, Inc.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Description: Digital Output (Audio Advantage SRM Device)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: USB\VID_10F5&PID_0200&REV_0010&MI_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: CM10664.sys
Driver Version: 7.12.0008.2140 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: No
Date and Size: 10/1/2009 19:04:52, 1307648 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Turtle Beach, Inc.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_18491E01&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 19:07:00, 350208 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: Microphone (Audio Advantage SRM Device)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: CM10664.sys
Driver Version: 7.12.0008.2140 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 10/1/2009 19:04:52, 1307648 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: Stereo Mix (Audio Advantage SRM Device)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: CM10664.sys
Driver Version: 7.12.0008.2140 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 10/1/2009 19:04:52, 1307648 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: Line In (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 19:07:00, 350208 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: SPDIF In (Audio Advantage SRM Device)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: CM10664.sys
Driver Version: 7.12.0008.2140 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 10/1/2009 19:04:52, 1307648 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: Line In (Audio Advantage SRM Device)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: CM10664.sys
Driver Version: 7.12.0008.2140 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 10/1/2009 19:04:52, 1307648 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 19:07:00, 350208 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF