Audigy 2 ZS outputs buzz instead of mu

My Audigy 2 ZS was working fine, but today suddenly it went awry. I was running foobar2000 (music player) and StarCraft, when suddenly all my StarCraft sound turned into a steady buzz. My foobar music still played properly though. I exited StarCraft and ran AIM and IM'd myself, but I got a buzz instead of the AIM noise. All these buzzes were coming out the speakers, and there was no buzz when no sound was being outputted, so I assumed it was a sound card problem.
I've since removed the Audigy 2 ZS from my system and have no problem with the sound using integrated sound. The latest drivers for the Audigy 2 ZS were installed in my system as well.
Does anyone know what went wrong with my sound card today?

The same problem keeps occuring over time, but removing the card and then re-inserting it into the PCI slot solves it.. temporarily.
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