X-Fi Xtreme Audio - Volume goes low, static, then comes back.

Hi all, I have a problem that just developed with my sound after 3 years of owning this PC. Is this the infamous static problem with the card or something else I can fix? Thanks.
I was playing a game the other day when the sound 'cut out'. If I turn the volume on my speakers up louder I can sometimes hear what should be playing, it's very quiet and sometimes distorted. There is also a loud hiss and static when the volume is at standard levels whilst the sound is doing this. Sometimes I can't hear anything if I turn it right up even, it's just the static.
There have been the odd pop, crackle and even strange noise coming from it on occasion over the last few days.
After a while it just decides to go back to normal and will work for a while and then do the same thing again. Will happen when playing games or even just on the desktop (listening to music to test this)
I have unplugged my speakers (2 desk speakers with subwoofer) and put headphones in, they are doing exactly the same thing so it is not the speakers.
I have updated the drivers. No change.
I'm baffled. Sometimes even restarted the computer doesn't fix it, it just decides to work again.
It's almost like it's getting inteference or picking up a staticy radio, and then cuts out again, but obviously i know that's not what it's doing.
Any solutions or am I looking at buying a new sound card here?
I'm not using two gfx cards, and the mobo is ASUS p5n-e sli. I have an Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS gfx card.
Any other info you need let me know, thanks in advance.
Oh and I believe it's in PCI. Not PCI-E.

@Re: X-Fi Xtreme Audio - Volume goes low, static, then comes backu Hi
Did anyone solve this - I have started getting exactly the same problem today. There is a fairly loud pop and then the sound that normally should be coming form the machine (game or music) is very quiet and distorted. After a short while (a few minutes), it pops again and starts working again. I built this machine a few months ago and this is the first time that I have had this issue. The specs are as follows:
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870
Asus P6X58D Premium Intel X58 Motherboard,
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping 2.66Ghz (Nehalem)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-2800C9 (600MHz) Tri-Channel
Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB HD
Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB SSHD
X-Fi Fatalty FPS
The X-Fi card is from my old machine and it worked perfectly in that one.
Many thanks,
Dave

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