OY! Box,..it didn't occur to me you were using the onboard sound chip. I should have realized it when the error you were getting came from the sound card driver. Sorry for missing that one.
mrsid, I partly concur with your assessment. However, most problems I have read about SB cards were when used in conjunction with AMD motherboards. I really do not recall which chipset at this time, but the SB cards seem to do fine in Intel motherboards.
Of course, that is only true if you only load the sound driver and not all the other SB garbage utilites.
I myself, have never had a problem with a SB card. But then again, I probably sweat the details a bit more than most would.
Intel based motherboards, with onboard sound chips, are a waste of money and power. I have yet to find one that is stable and reliable, especially that piece of junk silicone from CMedia.
