X-Fi Elite Pro: strange click-sound at bootup and when switching mo

x-fi produces this clicking, when:
- my system boots up, approx. at the winxp loading screen
- switching modes (entertainment, gaming etc.)
- i switch between digital I/O and Line-In in the THX console
it sounds pretty much like a hi-fi amplifier being powered on.
i didnt have any issues yet, but i was just wondering if this was normal...
note: it's the card itself that produces this clicking - it's not a noise comming through the speakers!
my system:
DFI Lanparty SLI-DR Expert @ C07 Bios
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ Thermalright XP90
2x 52MB OCZ Platinum Series PC4800
Sapphire X850XT PE
2x WD740GD Raptor 74GB | 4x Samsung SP2504C 250GB
Creative X-Fi Platinum Pro | LiteOn DVD-RW | Aqua Computer Aquaero 4.0 Fan Control
Seasonic S2-600Message Edited by cedman on 03-3-200604:6 PM

bleh, found the solution
"Just to let you know, that the "clicking" sound your hearing, is from the electric relay mounted on the card(that big black component placed at the corner).
This is normal behavier from using a relay, and I'm getting it from my Elite Pro too!"
as written here in this post:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=3562#M356 2Message Edited by cedman on 03-3-200604:32 PM

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