Cd distortion with Audigy c

I am getting distortion whenever a cd is played. If a sound file off of the hard dri've, or even a dvd is played, however, there is no distortion whatsoever. The distortion tends to build throughout the track, so that by about three minutes, it is very noticeable, and by 5 or 6, the track is very hard to hear.
The distortion happens in both cd dri'ves, and I have already tried cleaning them. This problem has persisted for a couple of years, and a complete replacement of the motherboard and hard dri've (motherboard died taking hdd with it), so it cannot be a result of virus or spyware.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Edit: Sound files off of the hdd DO have issues, but video sound has no issues at all.Message Edited by unpolloloco on 07-2-2005 04:2 PM

I didn't know that a 4. Audigy was ever released. Anyway, uninstall the drivers and move the card to PCI slot 3 and manually remove the registry entries as follows:
. Delete the files from "\Creative".
2. Delete the following registry node from the registry
(a) HKLM\Software\Creative Tech\Software Installed
(b) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uni nstall\5CDDF96A-BC34-4D72-9ABA-EFFF0C39977
Reinstall the drivers from the original driver CD, do not update any drivers just yet. See how that goes.

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