Sound Blaster Z just stopped working

hi everyone, i just made my account cause i got a problem with my sounblaster z.
i bought it around 2 years ago, and since then its being working flawlessly, i use it hooked to my amp with a toslink and use dolby digital live.
like an hour ago, while using my pc, it kinda hanged up when opened the media player and had to restart.
after the restart, it was not detected at all, couldnt open the control panel and i got a message that there is no hardware available to use.
tried downloading the most recent drivers, and still same problem.
did a system restore and same problem.
all leds on the card are still on, even the toslink port is light, i just dont know what can it be.
most likely ill have to tear the pc apart and check and clean most of it, but that will have to wait till weekend, and i rather ask for a solution if someone have experienced the same problem as me.
thx for any input you may give.

Try re-seating the SBZ card or moving it to another socket.

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