X-Fi Fatality suddenly died on me

!X-Fi Fatality suddenly died on me? Today I resumed my PC from sleep mode when I got a blue screen. unfortunately I didn't get chance to record the error message.
When I rebooted the PC I had no sound whatsoever. I ran the console application to check for sound levels and it said there was no supported sound card installed!
I checked the device manager and it reported there was no soundcard inside the PC.
I have tried the sound card in another PCI slot but the sound card doesn't show in Windows.
I have also checked power leads etc. The red light comes on as usual. I have inspected the card carefully and nothing seems amiss. What's really wierd is the soundcard appears on the device list after the BIOS POST process just before Windows boots!
Anyone got any ideas?
Many thanks in advance!
Here is the spec of My PC:
Motherboard: Gigabyte X38-DQ6 Bios F8h
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad E6600 Step: B Rev: G0
Memory: Corsair Dominator CM2X024-8500C5D x 4
Graphics: BFG Nvidia 8800 Ultra OC 768MB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) with all the latest updates
Latest Windows 7 Drivers are installed from the Creative Website.

Had scenario 3 w/ a Fatalty in an Antec case. Turned out that when screwing down the card it would pull out of its PCI socket ever so slightly. Light was still on but the card was nowere to be seen by the OS. Had to bend the bracket a bit and leave out the screw for the card to be fully settled :smileyindifferent: Worked ever since.

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