SB Audigy 2 Value SB 0400 Subwoofer proble

Hello,
I Own a SB Audigy 2 Value (SB0400) connected to Luxeon Logifox T5. Speakers system.
Two issues came up when I switched my old sound card (Genuis SM 5. Value) to the new Audigy:
. When I try the BASIC speaker calibration through the creative software (Speaker Settings->Speaker calibartion) I hear some squiking noises from all the speakers when trying to play the inital noise through the subwoofer. All the other speakers work great, the squiking noise from all the 5 serround speakers is just when trying to identify the subwoofer (ofcourse, no sound at all from the subwoofer). How can I resovle this issue.
2. In General the volume of the subwoofer is very low compared to it`s funtion with the old sound card? why is that?
of course, I tried playing with the EAX,CMSS,equalizer,cabling,etc... before posting this message.
I have the latest driver from the software autoupdate in the creative website.
If anyone could help, I`ll appreciate.
0x.

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