I just wanted to say thank you.

I have been having random system lockups that started a few months after building my new rig. I get a loud pop or squeak in headset/speakers then the system hard locks requiring manual shut down.

The first thing that came to my head was to curse sound blaster as I was sure it was their junk driver/software. I was at a loss and unable to find any solution as everything said it was up to day, until I found this thread.

The install went smooth on my system (vista ult/64) and I am hoping that this will be the magic bullet I have been looking for!