MSI - PCI - Sound Card

Hi,

I use a MSI KM3M-V (MS-7061) motherboard with an AMD Sempron 2500+ processor with Win XP Sp2. The inbuilt audio setup no longer works fine and always produces a crackling effect.

I try installing a sound card via the PCI slot but i am not able to succeed.

Every time I try installing the drivers given the with the device the PC freezes. This happens even if i format the drive and install the new drives before the Motherboard sound drivers are installed.

I have tried different drivers as well but they don't seem to recognize the device.

Even changing PCI slots dont seem to help.

The card came in a box with the brand name Zippy but I see the words Creative emu10k1x on a chip on the card.

Also searching by the words FM801 from the card i was able to locate the exact image of the Sound card

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/ [...] 1_6CH.html

Device Description is show as Creative SB Live! Series Audio Processor (WDM) when the OS loads and the device is detected automatically

Your advice is eagerly awaited.

Thanks
Jerome