I posted this on the slimbox forum as well, but I'll try also here.

I have squeezebox server 7.5.1 running on Windows Server 2003 .
I have a Squeezebox Boom I also use an alarm clock
I have a Squeezebox Classic in my living room

They are all wired to the home LAN.

This setup has been now working seamlessly forever.

I wake up every morning by having the squeezebox boom play some of my mp3 collection tracks. It from my collection (local to the squeezeserver) that I made out of my own CDs, 320bps, cbr.

Now, few days ago, I did not hear my alarm. When I tested it, I noticed that as soon as the Boom starts to play my alarmclock tunes - after a couple fo seconds, precisely - it shows the error messahe on screen: "nb alloc fail in slimproto" and then reboots. When rebooted, alarm does NOT play any tune nor any local sound effect. The little bell blicks nontheless, as if the unit was in fact playing, but nothing is actually being played.

I've tried everything I could think of, including reinstalling the squeeze center.

The error message is mentione several times in the squeezebox forum, but not in a simliar context, and I could not find any solution.

Any help is appreciated.