Just FYI. I found the Audigy was dodgey on Via boards and nothing Creative Labs did will ever fix that. If changing the motherboard fixed it, you wonder who/what/where/why/when that issue was to be pinned on.

Common fixes included the motherboard changeout, changing slots and flipping to a Turtle Beach card.

The SBLive has be out of production for close to two years now, so you are right to be touchy about such an issue. Wish I had a cure for you, but it's well written about. If you know where to look.

Best of luck,

Bob

PS. Ooops. Forgot the WMP volume increase problem. Try http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#dsound