Audigy 2ZS Mic problems ag

Once again after another 6 months my SB Audigy freaks out and I cant use my mic.
I go to surround mixer and set it up like the posts in the forums say to fix it and nothing changes. I go to Windows settings for sounds and i cant get my mic button to unmute for some reason. Can anyone help on this one, its so frustrating, did the driver update, still nothing.
Thank You

If something works for 6 months then stops working there are only 3 reasons:
. hardware failure
2. you have installed something on your computer
3. you have changed some settings on your PC
Which one apples to your situation?

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