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Hello!
Sometimes the sound of my PC gets lost and there`s messages like `the connection with hardware is lost`,etc.(sometimes without the messages). Where I can see it is when I open Set/Samplerate Settings and the numbers on the little screen that shows samplerate,are gone. I have tried to overinstall the software,drivers,installed the card into the different socket - it doesn`t help always. The best cure is to open one side of the PC and put a ventilator near the soundcard. As it mostly happens in the summertimes , I think it must be overheating or humidity?

So does it only happens to me or could it be common? Any help will be appreciated.

My system - Windows XP,Pulsar II card,SFP v4.0 software.

Yes, temperature is an issue if it's so damnly hot, the case has to be very well cooled.
I have the pc in another room, with maximum speed on case fans and air contitioner in that room when it's too hot.

yes, you need to find a way to keep your pc cooler. temperatures like you are experiencing(hot enough to cause errors) are dangerous to the components.

There is a Dual fan, full length PCI card which sits beatifully next to a Scope Professional PCI. I personally don't need it because I have a custom built rack/mobo combo, which was designed with Scope in mind.My friend uses it in his rather crowded tower case.It seems as though his system has been stabilised since that purchase.It's a Cyberresearch Dual Fan PCI card.40 USD.

the biggest heat source inside a PC case are harddisks, specially if > 80 GB.
In a 'regular' PC case they are positioned out of any airflow at all, so simply heat up their surrounding.

best option would be to provide some airguides that isolate the disk's air and blow it out to the front - even better are server cases where one or more fans blow over the disks from behind.

cheers, Tom