OS-X 10.2.8 System Prefs Nightmare Continues

OK. I found WHERE the problem is , i just don't know what to do about it. I installed an audio driver, following which, system prefs would not open. It just keeps loading forever and the only thing i can do is force quit. I uninstalled the driver, but sysprefs STILL does the same thing. On my system disk, when i try to open the Preference Panes folder, it's really slow. Then when i try to open the soundprefpanes folder, it just keeps loading and loading but the folder will not open. Can i just delete the folder entirely, or what will that do? Or is there a way to force the folder open so i can delete the bad file(s)? If anybody has any suggestions, please help because i need it. Thanks.

Cornelius:
Thanks for the suggestions. I did do the Repair Disk Permissions previously, and I tried your first suggestion to reset the PRAM, and no change. Still the same story with the SysPrefs. However, as stupid as I can sometimes be, I just reread the system requirements on the audio driver I tried installing and while all over the box and in the manual are 'Mac OS-X compatible' messages, in fineprint on the bottom of the box are detailed system requirements and for Mac, they are G3 or higher with 600 MHz of clock speed. I have a PowerMac G4 with dual 456 processors. So I'll have to upgrade to use this driver, but, does that mean my current processors are fried? And speaking of Disk Repair, when I try to repair the Mac HD, i get the message that unmount failed because the hard drive is in use. So, how DO you do a disk repair on the HD? Thanks again for your help.
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