Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevHDA.h
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevHDA.h	(revision 87835)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevHDA.h	(revision 87836)
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
 /** Enables strict mode, which checks for stuff which isn't supposed to happen.
  *  Be prepared for assertions coming in! */
-# define HDA_STRICT
+//# define HDA_STRICT
 #endif
 
Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/HDAStream.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/HDAStream.cpp	(revision 87835)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/HDAStream.cpp	(revision 87836)
@@ -1749,5 +1749,7 @@
                     if (!cbRead)
                     {
+#ifdef HDA_STRICT
                         AssertMsgFailed(("Nothing read from sink, even if %RU32 bytes were (still) announced\n", cbSinkReadable));
+#endif
                         break;
                     }