I have had this problem before,after a reformat,and don't know how it got corrected.Once again the problem has showed up.I loose my sound.It works fine for approx 10 minutes or so,then the volume slowly gets lower and lower until the only sound is a clipping noise.I can actually see the volume slider (brought up from task bar)get lower as the volume goes down.I have the latest drivers available,which I have uninstalled/re-installed multiple times.I have removed all Creative software and re-installed it.Removed the card itself and started from scratch.I checked all properties and settins many times and they all say there are NO CONFLICTS and everything is working properly.When the sound disappears like this,I can just move the volume slider back up and I have sound again.But this can be a pain when in the middle of an online game etc.This is driving me nuts.Please help.

I would tend to suspect the card is defective, although you might try it in another slot and maybe clean its contacts with a pencil eraser. Pretty odd symptoms If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly --Donald Rumsfeld