Audigy 2 ZS Bad Sound. Very low Volu

Hello,
I'll start out by listing my system hardware. Additionally everything is up-to-date including BIOS, Drivers and Operating System
MSI nForce 4 Ultra
AMD Athlon 3000+
2GB of RAM (4x52)
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Microsoft Windows XP SP2
I don't think the rest of the configuration settings are needed...
My problem is as follows. Recently after a restart I noticed that the sound was really low while watching a DVD. I turned up the volume not only on the computer but also the CreativeWorks THX 550 speaker system I have. I was then able to hear the sound; however it sounded like the volume was maxed on the computer, distorted, but the overall decibel volume was low. Of course I thought it was a connectivity issue. I tried many things. My first attempt was to check the cabling. My next step was to relocate the PCI Card. I disconnected and reconnected everything. My third attempt was to put it in a different computer... Here's the interesting part. I don't have any other PC's available at the moment only two linux boxes and a Mac. So I took an older sound card I had (Sound Blaster Li've) and plugged it into my PC. Same issue! The overall decibel volume was low, yet the sound was distorted as if the volume was to loud.
My next step went along the lines of testing sound on the board. I went into the BIOS and enabled my onboard sound card. That worked fine. I then reinstalled the Audigy Card. After installing I tried to see if sound was being processed correctly. Now I"m not an expert on this but I would assume sound passing through the card is emulated directly out through the Digital Out. I hooked it into my Digital Optical Recei'ver and everything worked find... That's not a solution. The Audigy has a little latency issue.
I've tried reinstalling drivers, changing my overclocking from off to full to dynamics in between. I'm at a lost here. One would think this is a PCI issue; perhaps maybe IRQ... But I doubt it.Message Edited by SIRKGM4vg on 07-29-200703:8 PM
Message Edited by SIRKGM4vg on 07-29-200703:29 PM
Message Edited by SIRKGM4vg on 07-29-200703:30 PM

First unistall Creative stuff through add remove programs.
Next run Guru3D driver sweeper and double check the log for failed removals.
Next uninstall Creative hardware in Windows device manager. (also tick "delete the driver software for this device")
After that, you should have deleted everything!
As for "the best drivers", both are (the same but) different and it depends on what you want to use your card for. Both work fine wth ALchemy and both get the job done.
daniel_k's latest drivers have equalizer, louder volume and advanced CMSS. daniel_K also has a few hybrid ISO with DVD audio, MIDI and other valuable applications. They don't always perform as they should though for obvious reasons (NO OFFICIAL CREATIVE VISTA SUPPORT - XP applications - No Hardware Audio).
nomoregoatsoup are just recent X-Fi drivers and a basic Creative Audio console. They offer improved sound quality over the official version and also offer limited DTS/SPDIF options like the Dell counterparts.
All current Audigy Vista drivers are inferior compared to XP ones.

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