Audigy SE problem on S

Hello,?I have a new audigy SE and im runnin on windows XP home, the drivers were working properly untill I installed SP 2 ( I formatted ) so whe ni restarted my PC, There was no sound, and every time i try some of mediasource's functions an error apears that the device cant be found, I tried changing its PCI port, i tried reinstalling etc.. But nothing... Last time i tried it asked for a SP 2 cd for a component... I found it and it installed it.. But nothing again.... Any idea whats wrong ? I would really appreaciate your help, Thanks... Im trying to find a way not to format again... P.s forgot to mention that i tried updating , and downloaded software from the website, but it never fully unpackedMessage Edited by konstantinos23 on 2-8-200602:25 PM

My bet is you have Hardware ticked in the sound options in the game,switch to software and that will solve it.
The audigySE is a p.o.s by the way,no better and in some cases worse than a decent onboard sound chip.

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I'm running Vista Home Premium 64 bit.
As you all know there are problems with sound drivers and sound cards.
Well, for anyone with problems that own a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4, I have found a resolution to the consistent sound distortions that you may, or may not have encountered.
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My bet is you have Hardware ticked in the sound options in the game,switch to software and that will solve it.
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Alright first of all I am new to Linux in general.
I have two soundcards in my computer. One is an onboard card (Intel) that is faulty and doesn't work; another is a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE which does work.
My problem, of course, is getting the latter to work.
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"lspci | grep audio" returns both soundcards:
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
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<left> Device returned error: Input/output error
/dev/oss/oss_audigyls0/pcm1 (audio engine 2): AudigyLS center/lfe
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<left> Device returned error: Input/output error
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Thanks for any help offered, if more information about something is needed I'll be more than happy to oblige.

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Cavemankr!
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Do yourself a favor and uninstall that bug infested, intentionally crippled piece of crap driver and install this one,
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