So... I realised that there was a false faceplate on the back of my machine, and that there was an onboard sound chip:The Sigmatel audio chip with up to 5.1 surround. I pulled off the faceplate and below were all the onboard audio jacks.
So I disabled and uninstalled the X-Fi sound card from within Windows 7, and used the autoinstalled Sigmatel Drivers after enabling the onboard sound in the Bios. Sound works like a charm. Tried playing World of Warcraft for a few hours straight and it was smooth as silk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288363 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
