P4N Diamond - Some quirks and annoyances. :)

Alright,  I'd just like to check if anyone by chance happens to have these issues too.
1. Sound Blaster Live! optical output doesn't register as Dolby Digital on my Yamaha HT-5730 receiver.  I have the Creative utilities installed and no matter what option I choose, either 2 speaker, 5.1, or forcing Dolby Digital only, it always shows up as PCM and can only use Pro Logic II (boo).  I know my receiver supports Dolby,  I had an Intel D915PBL and Abit IC7 motherboard previously and both had Dolby Digital ability on the onboard TOSlink.  I mean if the P4N SBLive didn't advertise that it supports Dolby Digital, then I wouldn't have so much of a problem,  but the fact is that it does and it's not working.
2. I use an MSI Vox TV tuner.  When I power my system up while it's plugged into USB, the machine will hang at the HDD summary screen until I unplug it and reboot.  With it unplugged, it will still hang, but only once out of every 10 power-ups.  The tuner works fine after I plug it in after it loads OS.  Currently there are 6 devices plugged into USB; keyboard, wireless mouse, monitor USB hub, MSI Vox, and Logitech Quickcam.  Machine will hang whether the Vox is plugged into the monitor hub or in the back of the machine.
3. Machine powers on 1-3 minutes after shutdown.  I have a feeling the network connection is tickling the machine,  but I do not have the WOL set in BIOS...it just powers back on by itself.  When I had the system using WiFi, it would not do this.  Only once I started using the Marvell onboard NIC it would power on.  The problem doesn't repeat if I shut the system down a second time.
4. Oh yeah, before I forget... the USB keyboard won't work in BIOS level about 4 out of every 5 times I power the machine on, so I have to use a PS/2 KB to go into the BIOS most of the time as well as modify settings or install XP. My former Intel board had no such problem.
Anyone have experience with any of this on these boards?  I realize I'm using a lot of accessories so yeah, it's complicated.  I can provide more info if needed. System config is in my sig.

i just want to know the bios version you are using now. you may check the bios version if POST one screen. The reason why I asked is what you 've written  in the additional Options: don't flash the bios to version 3.2. As far as I know the latest bios version for P4N Diamond is 1.4 when I searched on MSI website. You may check here. So I am very confused, could you help me?

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