Bad Day ( solved )

[RITLA ECE]

yes i owned it im trying to get all my music  i dont have that labtop 

[John Vere]

Seeing as how people keep digging up this thread I think I better set some info straight. 
 

First, Im the OP. I had to change my username to get the discount Bandlab Membership deal. 
They locked me , John Vere, out of the discount saying it was only for new members not loyal long time users. So I became Sock Monkey. 

The op is actually Sock Monkey but the Mods deleted me one day with no explanation as to why? That’s why it says Guest. Sock Monkey still has a Bandlab membership good until July 16. 

So I can’t edit this thread to explain what I actually discovered was the reason for the crashing. 
 

The short answer is it had nothing to do with  old versions of Sonar. It turns out that any project that had been opened and saved in a particular version of CbB from fall  2023 and had Pro Channel modules added would be causing the crash. It was actually some weird bug in that particular version of CbB Pro Channel system. 

I no longer use Sonar for this reason. I basically can’t open most of my projects in the new Sonar. They only open in Safe mode. No loss as I feel Sonar is sadly fading away anyway and it’s a  good time to move on. 
I only have Sonar Platinum installed now for the times I need to open CWP files. It’s dependable and doesn’t require authorization once installed. 

if  Sonar is still around in a few years and it becomes available for purchase I’ll definitely consider that option. 
 

Edited Tuesday at 04:02 PM by John Vere

[sjoens]

There was some mention of updating Nvidia drivers in this thread.

My laptop is 2016 with an updated 2024 Nvidia driver.  Nvidia has newer drivers dated 2025 while my laptop support site only has one dated 2019.  However, Nvidia Drivers site says this:
Although GeForce Game Ready Drivers and NVIDIA Studio Drivers can be installed on supported notebook GPUs, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM for recommended software updates for your notebook.

This makes me wonder if installing the 2019 driver is best?

[Glenn Stanton]

i would start with the 2019 drivers first and see if that solves it.  if nvidia has a compatibilty checker, then maybe it would be wise to run that before installer later drivers. on my HP laptop, it has fairly new nvidia hw, but the install of updated drivers last year took some experimentation to get them working as the nvidia site wasn't exactly clear on which ones to use...

[sjoens]

Thanks Glenn.  Seems there's some discrepancy? between my OEM driver version #s and dates and Nvidia's so it can be confusing.  Overall the current driver works fine but there are occasional hiccups like preventing the system from shutting down.

Edited Wednesday at 08:13 PM by sjoens