Eax problems in ga

I haven't been able to find quite this problem listed, although due to the conditions im sure it cant be isolated.
A few years ago i had an Audigy card and it was great, except when you enabled eax in games. This is not restricted to any one game, its happened on every single one i've tried. When eax was enabled, any in-game music stopped and the sound became distant and very echoy. I wasnt too worried about this at the time since it was a second hand card and just assumed it was an isolated problem.
Recently i bought an Audigy 2 zs, and unfortunatly the exact same problem is still there. Add to that now i have a 5. system, as opposed to a 2. system with the audigy, and that has been having some major problems as well. Quite often no sound will come through at all unless i set the speaker settings to 2/2. system. I have been unable to determine what is causing this, and i have the most recent drivers so thats not it.
I doubt very much its hardware conflicts, as almost every part of my computer has been upgraded since i had the first audigy.
EAX is one of the big selling points of the creative cards, it'd be nice if i could have it working so any help would be appreciated.

Yes its recognised as a Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM). All the supplied applications work, although playcenter and speaker settings have frozen a few times and wouldnt start again till i rebooted. The only audio options in the game that effect it are turning on eax. I assume the games do support this, otherwise they wouldnt have the option to turn eax on. Some of them only had that option and the volume able to be changed. Currently the card is sitting in the 4th slot, with nothing in the 5th, so it shouldnt be having any conflicts that way. I just find it really strange that its the exact same problem i had with my first audigy.

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