Sound on X-Fi dies after headphones plugged

I am running Vista and have the X-Fi sound card. I have downloaded the latest drivers for Vista. What I notice is this:?After every few days of having no problems, all of a sudden, when I plug in my headphones into the jack on the front of my new Dell, the sound goes dead. It is not the headphone jack, as I first suspected. Because when I reload my Creative Drivers, the sound comes back to life. I don't know what to think about this. Should I trade in my X-Fi for a different sound card, because this problem is definitely related to X-Fi and Vista.
Ps. Originally I had XP on this machine, and my headphones worked flawlessly with the X-Fi and XP. Please tell me there is a "workaround" for this.
??????Stan

Ground loop is causing that humming sound... If you can, connect your soundcard using digital connection, preferably optical.
If you cannot use digital connections, try connecting your pc and amp to same power outlet. That should eliminate that ground loop.
You can also purchase ground loop isolator (galvanic isolator) if you cannot connect both pc and amp to same outlet.
Hope this hel
ps.
Message Edited by ttopi on 0-2-2005 08:05 PMMessage Edited by ttopi on 0-2-2005 08:06 PM

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