X-Fi's Mode Switcher reboots the system / EAX 5.0 issues

Question

I have strange problems with my Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic:
When I'm trying to use a different audio mode (e. g. switching from Audio Creation Mode to Game Mode), my system restarts suddenly, like the same when I push the reset button on my computer.
However it appears very rare.
The second anomaly focuses only in a few EAX 5.0 game titles, just two example: El Matador and Call of Juarez. In these games, the player can use 'slow motion' (or 'bullet time') in specific situations: after too many shoots fired, the sound playback get disorted and end up in a VERY NOISY click, so I must turn off my sound system to avoid damaging my speakers of my MegaWorks 550 THX 5..
A few tip will be useful for me.

Answer 1

I suggest you reinstall the drivers from the website. These are version number 2.07.0003. The reason you are getting this error is because the ct_oal.dll file, which is the nati've OpenAL driver, is incompatible with the rest of the drivers. Most probably, you upgraded your drivers, but sometimes these files do not get updated, because they are secondary files, not required or tested by Windows WHQL.
When you download the drivers, right-click on them and select to extract them first. Then go into a subfolder named DRIVERS and run setup from there. On the dialog box that appears, select to Upgrade drivers and make sure you select "Overwrite existing Creative shared files". This option makes sure the OpenAL driver gets installed.
Message Edited by alexs3d2 on 0-0-2005 0: PM