Audigy 2 ZS making bad "crackling" noises while playi

Hi all.. I need help!!
I RMA'd my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS about 3 months ago and got it back, and it was fine for a while, but now its making severe crackling noises from all speakers whenever I play the game.. I've tried the speakers elsewhere and they are fine, and I've switched PCI slots several times, they still are crackling like crazy.. Totally ruins gameplay so I had to switch back to onboard sound.. Does this sound like I need to RMA it again, or is it possible I've overlooked something? It was fine previously.. My computer specs are:
AMD64 3500+ Socket 939
ABIT AV8 Motherboard
024 OCZ Platinum Dual Channel 2-2-2-
Twin 0K RPM SATA Raptors
BFG 6800GT OC Video Card
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Plextor PX-76A
edit: Logitech X-530 5. Speakers(& Subwoofer)
I need help ASAP! Thanks in advance!!!!Message Edited by duckdown on 07-20-2005 03:20 AM

Not all of them, some suggestions just involve changing settings or changes in the BIOS. The settings may be named slightly differently on the various boards and BIOS versions/types.
If it worked fine on that system but has suddently developed this problem then it's possible there is a hardware problem. If you made any changes at all, it might be good to undo them, or go back to a restore point to see if that helps (and see if it's a software change/setting that affected this).
Otherwise I'd recommend contacting Customer Support so they can go over this with you in detail, one on one, to see what could be causing this.
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