Ableton Live Disk Overload issue

[nathansky]

Hey,

I had a problem with the Disk Overload indicator flashing and the sound stuttering in Ableton Live (9.7.7). This would happen after a random amount of time in my big live sets although I had only several (<10) tracks and a fast SSD. There seem to be some other people that had the same problem but I didn't find the solution anywhere online so I wanted to share my solution.

I use a laptop - HP EliteBook 9470m (running windows 7) - which has an Intel SATA Controller. When I set the laptop up, I installed all the drivers from the HP website - also the Intel driver for the SATA controller. After a lot of testing I discovered that this driver was the cause of my problems. When I uninstalled the Intel driver and used the standard windows driver for the SATA controller, my disk overload issue dissappeared.

Cheers
Nathan

[mountwest]

Good stuff Nathan!

Thanks a lot for updating on the issue. It might help me with the same problem.

[nathansky]

I'm sorry, I was convinced too early. After hours and hours without any problem, I thought that I had found the solution. But after one more day of testing, the problem reappeared. It doesn't matter whether the files are on one SSD or on the other SSD I have installed. The problem also occurs when streaming from an USB key. Right now, I think it might be a problem of Live itself. In windows' resource monitor there isn't any disk activity when the problem occurs. Any ideas?

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