X-Fi Elite Pro severe static/high pitched no

Hi,
I've read the various threads (well, some of them) and the follow up thread that discuss the static problem with the X-Fi. Please forgive me for starting a new thread because?I am not absolutely certain my problem fits within this category. I had terrible problems with high pitched noise and static when I purchased the card but did?a lot of fiddling and utimately swapped the power connector that came with the?card for an old one I had and this seemed to fix the problem. Ten days later, with no changes to the system (hardware or software, uncluding recent updates), and the card as reverted to it severe noise problem. I am not talking about a little static or faint popping but screeching and severe static. I have tried everything I can think of, which includes all the usual checks for drivers and working through troubleshooters, but without any success. I have no idea why it would revert back to its unusable state having worked perfectly ok for the past ten days. Is there anything inside here that strikes a note with some techie type person (I am an advanced user who can build his own machine, but would be considered a novice by some of those helpful uber-tech types who frequent forums. )?I have an:?Athlon AMD 3500+ASUS AN8SLI Deluxe Mobo2GB RAMSil 34 Raid with four harddisksGeforce 6800Windows XP Pro (I also had the same problem when I tried it with Vista Business)?Any help would be very much appreciated because ?200 (approx $400) is a lot of money to spend on a useless product. Thanks?Ian

Thanks for the reply - I've tried unplugging the power lead and swapping it with several of the leads that come off my power supply without success. But, I will try again and will also try it first thing in the morning after it has cooled down. Update, I disabled ACPI by setting my computer to be 'standard' and then reinstalled XP using 'repair' and this appears to have stopped the continuous static and I am left only with static (or a much milder nature) when sound is produced. Of course, the repair of XP may have nothing to do with this. I am left wondering if it is entirely down to some power issue with the card, but the card passes all the self diagnostic tests and I am left stumped.

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