turtle beach sound card

[freak]

i need some help if at all possible.
my sound card will not work on initial cold starts.i always have to restart my pc in order for the sound to work.it works fantastic once i reboot but never until i reboot.
I have tried everything from moving it to a different pci slot to setting accelerator down a few notches and nothing works. I have contacted support for my mobo and santa cruz card and nothing they say helps me.when i fire up windows media player it says no sound card installed.then i reboot and its all good.I am out of ideas to try.please help.
anyone have any ideas?

pentium 2.4b(not overclocked)
soyo dragon lite mobo
a pair of mushkin pc3200 512's(running at 333)
120 gig ata 133 maxtor hd
80 gig ata 133 maxtor hd
turtle beach santa cruz audio card

[lewis]

I'm guessing you have the newest drivers installed. Have you tried deleting the sound card from the device manager? Then reboot. Xp should see it as a new piece of hardware and prompt you for drivers and such.

[freak]

new drivers are in,ive uninstalled it and let it plug n play,ive used add new hardware,still wont work on bootup until i reboot.gonna swap it out with a friends santa cruz and see if that works.thanks for the reply and any other suggestions are welcome.