Audigy 2 ZS Gamer and Plantronics DSP

After installing my Audigy 2 ZS Gamer card my Plantronics DSP 400 headset (USB) does not work properly. The sound through the Harmon Kardon analog speakers is fine, but when I switch to the headset I am unable to adjust the volume and one channel is louder than the other. Any idea of what could be adjusted to the sound settings to make the headset work, or do I need to get a headset that plugs directly into the soundcard now?
Thanks.
Bill

The best way to install the drivers is the following:?
Download the latest package<
Unzip/Extract it by right clicking it (You will need to have a utility like Winzip or WinRAR)<
Find the DRIVER subfolder of the contents you extracted<
Run Setup from there<
Check the "Replace Creative Shared files" option.<
You do not need to uninstall any drivers before doing this method of installation.
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If you do find the file, check its version:? I have heard that version 3.0 is the most stable and that version 4.0 causes problems. In any case try to search the Internet and find another version of the file and try it out.
PS:? It is quite possible that shared resources cause the problem, so if the above doesn't work, you might want to try changing the PCI Latency setting in your BIOS. Usually it is set at 32 cycles, so may want to try setting it at 64. More BIOS settings are documented in the Knowledgebase Article with?<span class="majorheader">Solution ID # 2538.

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