Audigy 2 - loud hiss/static over speakers. No other sound can be he

So I had a power outage tonight and so I had to reset the CMOS on my computer. So I did that, reset all my settings and then when I got into Windows, instead of having sound I get this loud and constant hissing/static from my speakers. I've tried reseating the sound card and trying another PCI slot but to no avail. So I uninstalled my drivers, used Driver cleaner, reinstalled drivers and I still get the same static.
The card is an Audigy 2 ZS, speakers are Logitech Z-5500 in analog mode. Is there a problem with my sound card or could it be software related?

Well because my surge protector kicked in and so did my PSU so I had to reset the CMOS in order for my computer to turn on.
And I'm pretty sure its not the CMOS options.
The funny thing is all my audio software detects the card and so does the drivers and I even pass all the diagnostic tests. But I still only get static.

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