Freeze Problem (EAX and MI

Hello everyone. I have had my SoundBlaster Audigy 2 for almost a year now and it has always had this problem. I will be in the middle of an EAX game or playing back a MIDI file and the entire system locks up completely with a high pitched squeel continuously emanating from my speakers.
My system:
Intel P3 900 Mhz
Audigy 2
52 MB RAM
G-Force 3 Ti 200
This is very important for me to fix now that I am starting to focus on MIDI some more with my music recording.
I read in a few other threads where other people have had this problem. I haven't tried any of these suggestions just yet, but switching the PCI slot and updating the MoBo BIOS were ineffecti've for them. I am willing to try this though if anyone thinks it will actually help. I'll have a problem updating my BIOS though because I don't exactly know what my MoBo is and I have a Dell proprietary Intel processor.
Thanks for any help.

I have this exact same problem when I play certain computer games. Exact freezing/screeching noises every few minutes followed by me having to cold reboot the PC...
Anyway, long story short, I've concluded the the culprit is most likely Creative's crummy drivers and EAX. When I disable EAX (i.e. use Software 3D audio, etc) the freezing problem is completely resolved.
Regardless, I'd like this problem fixed by Creative with some new drivers, I supposed. I have the Audigy Gamer sound card, and there has not been a driver update since November 2002. Yes, the problem is solved by not using EAX, but then why did I buy an EAX-capable card again?
A few facts (or at least reasonably true according to my observations over the past year):
-This freezing/high pitched sound looping only happens in games or programs with EAX/hardware 3-D audio enabled
-With EAX disabled (i.e. just using software sound or regular 3-D stereo) from the game or program options, the freezing is nonexistant.
-With EAX enabled, I get the sound looping/freeze with many different video drivers and motherboard BIOS versions, Windows SP and SP2, all patches, newest drivers, cleanly reinstalled system, etc. - the fact is that EAX and Creative's drivers are to blame here.
My current specs for comparison's sake:
Windows XP Pro with SP2
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHzGB DDR400 RAMAbit IC-7 mobo60 GB SATA, 60 GB IDE, 20 GB SATASoundblaster Audigy GamerRadeon 9800 PRO (latest Catalyst drivers)
Creative, what's the deal? Gi've us XP drivers that aren't buggy.
Message Edited by slicknick986 on <SPAN class=date_text>-27-2004 <SPAN class=time_text>07:30 PM
Message Edited by slicknick986 on -27-2004 07:3 PM

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