SoundBlaster Live! 24bit & - defective line-in function

3 of my Li've! 24bit cards had their Line-IN function terminate after about an hour of use. ? Another card never had a working line-in function. The output is not affected. The operating system is WinXP SP3. Cards work flawlessly in output mode. I had never tried to use the line-in function before now.
I checked all connections & confirmed correct signal from my tape deck entering card. Everything works OK with on a computer utilizing another brand card.
The problem has occurred on PCs with different motherboards. Everything looks OK in the software.
I realize others have posted the same problem. I cannot find a posted solution. I would really like to find a fix or workaround. .
I STUMBLED UPON THIS SOLUTION:? THE ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT WIN XP SCRAMBLES THE LIVE!24 SOUNDCARD SETTINGS WHENEVER YOU REBOOT.
Go to the "Sounds and Audio Devices" section of Control Panel & click on the "Audio"? tab. Then change the recording settings from line-in to microphone. Next go to the "Playback" section & see that XP reset your settings & checked the mute box at line-in so? uncheck that box and the normal line-in function resumes? working. I don't know why this works but it has now worked on 3 different PCs including one with a Dell version of the Li've!24 card.You need to to this every time you reboot if you want to use the line-in function.
Message Edited by sellbuyologist on 06-23-2009 07:37 [email protected]

Yes, I have repeated it several times now. It doesn't make sense to me to check "microphone" when you really want line-in but it [email protected]

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