SOUNDBLASTER LIVE MP3+ 5.1 DISTORTION PROBLEMS!!!

[masterblasternotactive]

Has anyone else had the problem of electrical popping noises and white noise at start-up? And even WORSE THAN THAT, when I'm playing Quake III, the rocket explosion sounds are all DISTORTION. Sounds like S--t on my speakers. I have the SB-Live 5.1 MP3+, and ......

Asus CUSL-2
SB-LIVE MP3+ 5.1 sound card
Cambridge Acoustics satellites (2) with a subwoofer.
Pentium III-550E @ 733
256 MB of PC133
WD 205BB Hard Drive
Plextor 12x10x32A
Toshiba SD1402 DVD Player
Iomega Zip 250 Internal

I just upgraded from a SB PCI-128 and never had this problem with that card. I don't have any IRQ conflicts that I can see. And I've tried disabling the Creative SB16 emulation. Any suggestions? I realize my speakers aren't the best, but I'm not pushing them hard at all. I get the distortion noises at even the lowest volumes in Quake III, especially those Rocket Blasts! Those really sound like crap!

MB

 

[Dreadogg]

Did you make sure you muted the micr. That popping noise could be that the card is kinda lose!

 

[masterblasternotactive]

Yeah, I thought of that too. And the mic is muted. I even tried unplugging the mic altogether. I've tried IRQ reserving. The only thing I haven't tried is buying new speakers, b/c I didn't have this problem with my SB PCI128.

MB