Audigy 2 ZS sound crackles when accessing hard dr

I hve been having problems recently with my audigy 2 zs. Whenever anything accesses my hard dri've I seem to get an awful crackling over my speakers (i do not know whether this is the problem but thats it seems to be the worst), which are the creative inspire 600, as far as i remember. This does not happen when playing DVDs or mp3 files stored on my hard dri've through WMP0 or PowerDVD. I have tried searching the forums and have not found an answer yet. I have also searched the KnowledgeBase and all of their solutions do not seem to work. It is rellystarting t bug me now. Ialso cannot get EAX to work through Call of Dty 2 anyore, i get an error messagesaying it needs debuging.
Also when i try to ue my microphone, i hear a crackling sound and I cannot get it to work. it is a new microphone that works fine on my mates computer, so i am guessing it must be something to do with my sound card. I have all the latest drivers from the creative website, but i still cannot seem to get my sound card to stop crackling!
Can anyone please help?

First I thought when installing those JMicron newest drivers that this issue is corrected but I was wrong. I can't connect anymore this to anything like before it was "clearly" hard dri've access related like it was. Now when I was surfing with Internet explorer it started to freeze again.. Goosh. I could use that integrated sound circuit or software cause at least it works but it's so crappy that I can't stand the sound quality on it. Perhaps I'm barking on wrong forum and I should be telling this to MSI support rather than here. Anyways, any suggestions are greatly appreaciated.

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The first phase:
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After safe-boot, launch System Profiler and select /Software/Extensions/ directory in Contents (on the left column ) menu. Next, open /System/Library/Extensions/ folder by Go to Folder command or by manual. Compare the both contents. You'll see System Profiler shows less kernel extensions than /System/Library/Extensions/ folder. There are ".kext" files that are not shown in the loaded Extensions directory. If there is a most suspect third-party extension (perhaps FireWire's driver), try removing out of the folder to a temporary made folder on the desktop-- you may be prompted the admin or login password.
The second phase:
TechTool Pro fixed a file structure error in one file on the main drive, and some bad custom icons or bad bundle bits error now lie on on the main and one of your secondary drives, but not the previous problems. Also, you still cannot access that folder, however folders within that folder you can get to just fine, via the Go To Folder command or reveal in finder from iTunes.
Those symptoms appear to suggest that some directories structure and the volume information other than the main drive have lost their consistencies and a directory may be no longer accessible for some reason which happened before or during the Kernel Panic. Techtool Pro 4.0.6 seems to not be able to fix those problems. So if you have DiskWarrior 3.0.3, run it and hopefully fix them. If you do not have it, try the followings.
Connect the external FireWire drive in question, then boot into a Safe-mode. If this does not work well, first boot into a Safe-mode then connect the device.
Launch Terminal utility. Type diskutil list at the prompt. Here is an example to be displayed:
MyMachine:~ Myself$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: type name size identifier
0: Applepartitionscheme *233.8 GB disk0
1: Applepartitionmap 31.5 KB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS MacOSX_HD 70.7 GB disk0s3
3: Apple_HFS Data_HD 162.8 GB disk0s5
/dev/disk1
#: type name size identifier
0: Applepartitionscheme *111.8 GB disk1
1: Applepartitionmap 31.5 KB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Data21HD 69.9 GB disk1s3
3: Apple_HFS Debugger_HD 41.6 GB disk1s5
Find the disk identifier that points the external device in question. Type sudo fsck_hfs -fy /dev/disk1s3 if the target drive would be disk1s3. If the result shows you like below, the symptoms may be fixed.
MyMachine:~ Myself$ sudo fsck_hfs -fy /dev/disk1s3
** /dev/rdisk1s3
** Checking HFS Plus volume.
** Checking Extents Overflow file.
** Checking Catalog file.
** Checking Catalog hierarchy.
** Checking Extended Attributes file.
** Checking volume bitmap.
** Checking volume information.
** The volume Data21HD appears to be OK.
If the above solution fails, boot into a Single-user-mode and perform the same way as above-- a "sudo" parameter MIGHT not be needed to type.
The third phase:
Start up from Mac OS X 10.4.x Install disc. Launch Disk Utility program. Try repairing the target volume(s) on the external device and then repair the permissions.
If the above solution fails to fix all filesystem problems on that volume, then you may need to abandon hope some file or folder in question to trash it/them. Of course, I do not hope so.…
Also, when I booted into Safe Mode it started up the volume menubar item as usual but I had no sound... Is this normal during a Safe boot?
Certain Mac OS X features do not work when you are started up in Safe Mode. For example, you can't use DVD Player, capture video in iMovie, use an AirPort card, use audio input or output devices, or use an internal or external USB modem.
So it should be no problem on this matter.

Audigy 2 sound card problems

I am hoping that someone out there can help me in a crucial situation.
I am using an Audigy 2 sound card with creative 5. speakers.
I also use Adobe Audition to edit, record sessions for my voice-over jobs.
Recently, I attempted to hook up a web cam so that I could see my grand daughter on the west coast.
After hooking up the web cam, I noticed my home studio environment changed drastically. I began having trouble with recording using my microphone through my Macki mixer. I began hearing a continuous hiss that I had never experienced before.
In fact after uninstalling the web cam, and restarting my computer, I got that horrible blue screen on my computer indicating the world was about to end! Smile
Long story short, I was able to finally get my computer back up, but I continue to experience problems recording "clean' audio".
Three things, after reinstalling Creative from disc several times and restarting my computer I receive a window stating Creative Media Source Detector.....Unable to load needed components....Please reinstall the application"
Also, when trying to test my sound hardware I get a message stating...Direct play voice setup..."an error occurred during direct play voice setup....error code 0x80004005
Last but not least I cannot access the "Creative diagnostic feature on my computer. I only get a small window for this feature that will not open up fully and allow me to run a diagnostic test!
I know this is a lot to absorb, but I cannot get anyone from Creative to address my problems because I am out of warranty and therefore not getting any love from this company.
Need your advice and or guidance on this.
Please respond when time allows.
Vopro

Re: Audigy 2 sound card problems? use add/remove programs and remove all creative software and drivers, then do the same for your web cam and unplug it
restart your pc
download and install [url="http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D---Driver-Sweeper-%28Setup%29-download-655.html" rel="nofollow">driver sweeper[/url] and use it to clean up any left over creative bits and bobs and restart your pc when it asks you to
now download and install the [url="http://support.creative.com/Products/product_list.aspx?catID=&CatName=Sound+Blaster" rel="nofollow">latest audigy drivers[/url]
once your back in to windows try recording something and see if everything's back to normal
now reinstalling your web cam but don't reinstall using the cd that came with it
find the manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers
install cd's best avoided simply because the software and drivers they contain are typically the initial release versions, and so potentially very old
and i think we can all agree that old, buggy drivers can be a real pain

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Thank for any support anyone can give me.

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I tried switching the slot the card is in on the motherboard....that didn't work. I've installed?every driver for it possible....that didn't work.
I've tried changing power strips and moving the speakers further away from the tower and turning off my cell?phone......doesn't work. Gateway even replaced the soundcard....didn't work. Are?you seeing the trend here.
I notice that?I hear the noise when?I play F.E.A.R., when?I play streaming internet audio and video, flash videos and with certain programs like aim triton when some one signs on or off or when?I send an instant message it makes the sound. Its getting really annoying and I've read all the posts on possible solutions and what not.
I wish someone from creative would at least acknowledge that most of us here are suffering from this issue and?to assure us that their company is taking the proper steps to remedy this obvious product malfunction. Granted no product is perfect but if creative is a company?that advertises?the quality and care of their merchandise i would at least expect to them to recognize these issues and manage them with the quality and care that they so pride themselves in having. Failure to do so would only represent false advertising on the company's behalf.

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