Sound distortion problems, help p

Hi I recently bought the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme audio but i've been having problems with it. First of all i installed the sound card. Then when turning computer back on i went into bios and disabled the audio function thats in the integrated peripherals then saved and exited. When i got onto my desktop i installed all the drivers and was prompted to restart my computer when i did another driver update came up and i was prompted to install that (even though it says vista at the top and i have xp...) anyways i installed it and restarted my computer again. This time my desktop wouldnt come up. Instead i was brought to a blue screen that said windows has been disabled to prevent any physical damage or sumtin like that. I tried everything but it kept going to that screen. So i took the sound card out, enabled my integrated sound card and started up comp. It worked. So I tried again, installed sound card and disabled integrated sound card when i got to windows i installed drivers and all and now everything works but theres a problem. The sound is a little distorted. Its off and on too, like sometimes when im listening to music the bass is HORRIBLE then other times its ok. Volume doesnt affect it though so i dont know what is changing it. Ventrilo always sounds bad, when i switch channels the robot voice has a crappy echo and sounds terrible. A few other weird things that went on was when i tried installing the sound card a second time i uninstalled the realtek hd audio thing that came on comp and i had on board sound disabled...even still i heard sound (this was before i put my sound card in that second time) So if your still reading this any tips? I think what might be the problem is my on board sound and the sound blaster x-fi are playing at the same time since i couldnt ever figure out how to make my sounds stop. I dont know too too much about comps though so who knows. Tnx for reading.
ALSO im not using a usb headset i've got the plugs going into my sound card...

So this distortion occurs on all songs from any
playlist but didn't use to be present on the same
songs?
MB67
exectly,
every song now has a click click click click sound at the start and during the song and a small hissing sound during the song. Very strange and weird.
Any suggestions welcome

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