ok, for some reason my sound keeps going out in gl and direct3d games. so far its only been in wolfenstein, counter-strike and max payne. i dont know why but, i keep having to reboot to get it working again. its hard to find drivers for my card because diamond sucks to i was hoping someone could help me. i have an msi k7t266 pro2-ru and the latest 4in1 drivers from via. im running windows xp pro with all the updates and my sound card is a diamond monster sound mx300 (aureal vortex 2 engine). my graphics card drivers (geforce 2 ultra) are also up to date. thanks everyone! -davo! ?