Audigy 2 ZS Line-In 2/Mic 2 doesn't capt

Hello,I have an Audigy 2 ZS that I use primarily for recording my Guitar.
My problem is that the Line-In 2/Mic 2 doesn't capture the imput coming from my guitar. It was working fine for about a year. I would plug my guitar directly into the line-In 2/Mic 2, volume about half way and any
audio program would hear it. Since the problem began I have checked many settings. I don't see it being muted in the control panel's sound settings as well as the creative surround mixer shows it as being un-muted as well. Windows is set to use the Audigy as the recording source. In the Creative sound mixer I have tried setting it to analog as others have suggested on this board. Doesn't work as Analog or as Line-In 2/Mic 2. When inside of my recording program (Sony's Acid)?I have a graphical level so that I can make sure that my recordings never "peak". If i turn the volume dial on the sound card all the way up that level begins to
bounce slightly and I can hear a hum which I assume means that I have it too loud. Turning the volume down makes that go away. This leads me to believe that there could be something wrong with the actual
hardware. The software can see (and I can hear) that i'm adjusting the volume so i don't think it's a software muting issue. what can I do? are there any tests that might help me to determine the source of my problem? perhaps new drivers? I have tried other guitars and cords and they work fine when plugged into a normal amplifier. I have also tried connecting my bass guitar though my Sans Amp Bass Driver DI and get the same results. PC Specsell, Windows XP
Pentium 4 3ghz
52 mb of ram?Any help would be fantastic. I'm contemplating calling Creative tech support. Has anyone else experienced this problem in the past?

I've tried setting the Creative Surround Mixer Rec to Line-In 2 /Mic 2?and Analog Mix Line as well as the other options listed. None seem to make much of a difference. When I set the Audio Device Type in Acid to "Creative ASIO" I get an error saying?" The device Creative ASIO does not support the current sample rate or bit depth". I get the same error when trying just "SB Audigy 2 ZS ASIO [DF00]. I tried lowering the Project's Sample rate (Hz) and the Bit depth but every combination seems to give me error as soon as I apply them. Maybe there's a certain combination of Sample rate and Bit depth that would work best?I've also tried setting it to Microsoft Sound Mapper, Direct Sound Surround Mapper/Primary Sound Capture Driver and the?Windows Classic Wave Driver. None of the produce the errors I mentioned above... but they don't work either. I have the latest windows update.

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