Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Stopped Detect

I have had the SB Audigy2 ZS for more than a year
for some reason a few months back it stopped detecting and after a few restarts it popped back up and would start working again
then about a month a go it stopped detecting and did the same thing several times but after a few restarts it would come back on
and by stop detecting as in the computer no longer sees the device
i have checked the bios the built in sound on the mother board is disabled so that isn't a factor
but this last time i was listening to a song and it gave a bit of a digital static sound than crashed my computer and the computer has stopped detecting the card
i've restarted and complete shut down and also checked bios as well as moved the card to diferent slots
but its really weird how it would stop detecting and then come back online
i don't know i would appeciate any advice
my machine is P4 3.0gig memory Corsair
20 gig hard dri've WD
asus 9600xt
asus p4p800 deluxe
audigy 2 ZS
running windows xp pro
has work for a year but problems started 3 months ago

I have had the SB Audigy2 ZS for more than a year
for some reason a few months back it stopped detecting and after a few restarts it popped back up and would start working again
then about a month a go it stopped detecting and did the same thing several times but after a few restarts it would come back on
and by stop detecting as in the computer no longer sees the device
i have checked the bios the built in sound on the mother board is disabled so that isn't a factor
but this last time i was listening to a song and it gave a bit of a digital static sound than crashed my computer and the computer has stopped detecting the card
i've restarted and complete shut down and also checked bios as well as moved the card to diferent slots
but its really weird how it would stop detecting and then come back online
i don't know i would appeciate any advice
my machine is P4 3.0gig memory Corsair
20 gig hard dri've WD
asus 9600xt
asus p4p800 deluxe
audigy 2 ZS
running windows xp pro
has work for a year but problems started 3 months ago

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    I have checked device manager and all hardware is working properly..
    I have a dell computer with windows xp
    any help would be greatly appreciated..
    Dee

    Dee,
    If the card came supplied with the PC, then you may need to contact Dell to get specific drivers or applications for it.
    Is the card working correctly now? Is it listed in Device Manager, with no error messages? What did you use to reinstall, was it a CD, or a driver? If it was just a basic driver pack, then it's likely that doesn't include any extra applications.
    Cat

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