Stupid Sound problem in WinXP Pro

[chrusted]

Strange problem in WinXP Pro, sound works fine except for certain instances, like for instance when adjusting the volume control, it works but the sample sound output is changed to internal pc speaker beep! Also the startup and shutdown sound doesn't play. I've tried many things, sound control panels, SoundBlaster control panels, even reinstalling drivers for SoundBlaster. No change. Next I'll try physically uninstalling the card and reinstalling, along with latest drivers from creative. If anyone knows of this problem, intermittent or inconsistant sound problems within WinXP, let me know thanks.


P4 1600
512 ram
PC Chips 920LR
SoundBlaster Live! Value
Ati Radeon 7200
on board Via Nic
Dvd drive
Lite On 16x CD burner
60 gig IBM 7200 IDE drive

[Disk_Contented]

If you've not seen this, have a look. Not exactly your problem, but it looks related to it.
There are also alot of people having other symptoms, choppy sound etc

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q313022