X-Fi Platinum - Distortion in Entertainment M

Hello all,
I just bought said card and am having said problem. I only get the distortion in Entertainment mode. Basically when I switch to it I get feedback thru my speakers even though I don't have anything (program/game/movie) playing. It happens when I am just sitting at the desktop. Sound plays beautifully in either of the other modes and there is no static feedback when I'm not doing anything. This seems like a really strange problem to have... Any help would be appreicated.
I am running all the new drivers and program updates that Creative has available on WinXP Pro. Previous to this I have not had any problems at all. I did all the basics; reinstalled software and drivers, even tried a new PCI slot. I didn't figure it would work.
System Specs:
AMD AthlonXP 3000+
Asus A7N8X (Rev2.0)
GB PC3200 DDR Ram
Crucial Radeon 9600XT
Creative X-Fi Platinum
Promise RAID Controller (FastTrax 6000)
4x80GB HDD in RAID5
80GB System Dri've (not part of RAID)Message Edited by Bio-Hazard-2000 on 2--2005 2:04 AM

Has no one else had a similar problem?

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Originally posted by Ultrax75
I have already tried to talk to the Creative support and they didn't have a solution that worked so then it hit me, what if this problem has something to do with the motherboard.
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Decrip,
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Now, i use telegraph details.
Bought Audigy 2 ZS platinum, bad sound Distorted and muffled from the speakers except center speaker and no sound at all from rear center speaker. Same setup using Audigy Platinum, zero problems.
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Fabrizziov,
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<SPAN>Hi all
<SPAN>Does anybody know if/when Creative Entertainment Center is coming to the Audigy 2 ZS platinum PRO. I have seen it running on the Audigy 4 PRO/ X-Fi on review sites and it appears to be a lot better than our Remote Centre had has a lot more functionality as well as charisma (the graphics look good to).
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<SPAN>Thanks for any information/updates

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+DVD Playback
+Slideshow and presentation support
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Audio from headphones gets distorted when switched to "entertainment mode" w

the sound quality from my headphones gets messed up whenever I switch to "entertainment mode." when i say "messed up," i mean the volume would constantly fluctuate from really high to just noise then high again.
however, when i switch it to "game mode" all the problems disappear.
why are my headphones (sennheiser pc50) not compatible with "entertainment mode?"
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CELL MENU = Advanced DRAM = MCH Read Delay (tPD) = Auto (Other choices 4 - 15) [Now I sense that this might be close to the 9-9-9-18 ratings, however I'm not brave enough to just set this to 9. There seems just too many other settings what with the voltages etc to know just what practical options would be viable, again, without a lot of time to experiment.]
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