Audigy 2 zs gamer card problem or or something wo

I can install all of the drivers fine but when i run dxdiag i switch to the sound tab and the card is there on the left side but when you look at he driver side its blank except the bottom which says creative but thats all. I've unistalled , installed ,took the card out , then replaced. everything i can think of. I get sound from alot of games but not form Doom 3 and MOH pacific assault. Is it my card or the computer?

This sounds very similar to my problem (see recent post on Audigy 2 ZS running as emulated. In dxdiag my drivers also don't show up as you describe. Is your card running as emulated (shown on dxdiag after the device name? If so it will only be running software not hardware buffering, which may be why certain software doesn't work. For me Pacific Fighters (flight sim) has triple sounds, crackling, stuttering etc.
I'm still looking for a solution (tried here, UK Creative forums, PF forum, searching etc.). So far no re-install of drivers works. Auot-update says everything's fine, but it isn't. Have been told to re-install DirctX but you can't uninstall DirctX9c. Will try shifting card to another slot later. IF that doesn't work I may have to re-install XP and start again. Anyway good luck and let us know if you solve the problem, I'll do likewise.

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