Live! Value card causing games to cr

After only a minute or two, distorted sound becomes noticable in games (Doom 3, Half-Life 2, and Thief 3) then the game and computer freeze up entirely with a loud "BZZZZZZZZZ" coming from the speakers. If the sound card is disabled in the hardware manager, the problem goes away, thus it is obviously a sound card issue. But I don't know what complications could be occuring. This only recently happened after downloading the most recent patch for Half-Life 2 which was supposed to correct stuttering problems relating to audio...so that's why I figure it's the patch's fault. But I don't know how to go about correcting the problem, except trying to uninstall Half-Life 2 which I haven't tried yet. If anyone has any ideas as to what conflicts could be occuring in-game (maybe I/O addressing problems) I would LOVE some help! Thanks very much!

Tried lowering the audio hardware acceleration. Seemed to help the problem, but just for a little while. The game still "distorts itself to death" apparently. I have no clue what could be causing this. Any ideas? Anyone?

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