Sound Problems with Audigy 2

I just bought the Audigy 2 ZS Gamers Edition.
I am now having trouble with the sound with games I have or ones that came with the card.
I try to play Raven Shield and I get no sound in the opening movies or in the menus. In game I can't hear my teamates responses,music,or the voice that says if you fail the mission or complete it but I can hear all other sounds fine. I have the EAX option selected.
Now if I go into the DXDIAG program and turn my acceleration down notch I get all my sounds back BUT I can't choose EAX in the sound options as it is now greyed out.Real nice putting a game in the box that claims to use the EAX HD sound but it really does not work.
The other one I have tried is Sid Meiers Pirates.Again I choose the EAX option in the sound menu and I loose half of my sounds in game. I choose the Surround Sound option and I get all sounds back again.
I am almost afraid to try any other games that use EAX as they seem to not want to work with this card without losing sounds even though it is supposed to support EAX. I am also thnking of returning the card and going back to Turtle Beach for my sound card because of these problems.
My system is as follows.
ASUS P5P800 Motherboard
P4 3.0Ghz CPU 800Mhz FSB
024 MB PC3200 RAM
GeForce 6600GT video card
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamers card w/newest drivers
Altec Lansing 5. Speakers
WinXP Home Edition
Message Edited by cworth on 07-3-2005 05:09 PM

in order to use eax in your games, you have to disable the eax function in the mediacenter! assure it is disabled before choosing eax in your games!

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