Windows 8.1 & Sound Blaster Z First Boot Issue

I'm having a very strange issue with my Sound Blaster Z. I'm not sure if it's a hardware issue, a driver issue, a Windows 8.1 issue, or a motherboard issue.
When i boot the machine, the sound card does not get initialized. I get no sound and dolby digital live does not work. I have a Cambridge Soundworks DTT3500 system and i don't get a light at the bottom that indicates a dolby digital signal from the sound card. However, windows reports that both the sound blaster z and the audio controller are both working normally, no conflicts. There are no errors in the windows event log. If I go into the audio controller, i try to switch between no encoder and dolby digital live, and it's not fixing it.
My motherboard is an ASRock 990FX Extreme9 motherboard.
The strange part is my only remedy to get my sound card actually working is to restart windows without shutting down. This happens every single time. Has anyone else experienced or is experiencing this issue.
This is actually my second Sound Blaster Z card, i rma'd my first one. I upgraded from an Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCIE card.
Thanx
AJ

I have the same issus like this guy in this thread. http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=700484
My Soundblaster z is often detectect as a 2- Soundblaster z.
I heard you have to disable complete uefi boot, and disable fast boot options in your bios.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1350082/m...ies-problem/20
http://forums.creative.com/showthrea...=699640&page=3
When you disable uefi boot in bios, but you installed windows with uefi. You have to install windows new.
But i still have the Problem with 2- Soundblaster Z. I have disbaled uefi and fastboot but nothing happens. Sometime it is not detected. Now i am back to my old recon3d PCIe, no Problems. Please Creative HELP, i am not the only one

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