Audigy 2; odd soun

Hello all,
I've come to a problem with my new sound card, the Sound Blaster Audigy 2. Just a basic sound card, and all I needed. However the problem is that at times it seems that the information being sent to the sound card is being jumbled and the sound card freezes up, causing odd sounds.
It seems that whenever my computer randomly does a **bleep** check (CD Dri've), this is when it happens. I'm wondering if anyone has had the same problems and how to fix this problem. I'm leaving you guys with a clip of what happens when the sound card freezes:
http://composremusic.com/forums/audigy.mp3
The strange sound occurs and keeps an unusual pulse throughout, it will stop eventually however this is a problem that I would like to resolve as it can be annoying at times.
Thanks in advance,
-Travis-

If you think that you have a problem with your drivers or old software lingering then you can use something like DriverCleaner which works GREAT! With something like that, you can uninstall all your software for the card, pull the card from your machine, clean the contacts of the card itself, reinstall the card, and then reinstall the software for it. I recommend Daniel K.'s Audigy support pack here:? http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=39702
or [url="http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=39702">HER E[/url]
And then you can start your sound settings from scratch. Also be sure to check for remnants of your onboard's sound card drivers. Realtek do not play well with Creative drivers.
Cheers,
jmacguire
Message Edited by jmacguire on 06-02-2009 05:07 AM

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