[David E. Gervais]

I'm sorry to hear that the new drivers are not installing properly for you. But you won't be the first to have problems with the SBLiveValue. I used to have the same card and recently upgraded to a SB Audigy Gamer and I haven't had any problems since. My SBLive Value would sometimes cause some of my games to exit to desktop without warning. I haven't had any problems since upgrading. But changing your soundcard is a drastic solution. I happen to have got a great deal for the Audigy card when I upgraded my RAM. It was the Last one in the store and they sold it to me for less than half the sticker price.

Oh well, I hope you find a solution to your problem.

Have a good day.