Cracking audigy 2 ZS after drivers upd

I updated my old drivers (the CD drivers) with the online drivers, after all the process and reboot, when I play something, audio comes with cracking noise..
I tried to uninstall drivers, reinstall old drivers, change the pci slot of the card, but the problem still exists.
With another soundcard (not creative) everything works fine.
What can I do?!

You mentioned mics (several I suppose).
Audigy 2 Zs Notebook does have only one mono microphone input shared w/ analog line-in and S/PDIF (a multi-purpose input 'port' called FlexiJack).
As a PCMCIA audio device, I suggest you to get E-MU 66 or 66M instead of SB Audigy 2 Zs Notebook.
There are also plenty of USB and FireWire audio interfaces available you can use w/ laptop.
jutapa

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