I have a XPS 600 with a 3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium D, 3 GB Ram, running Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) (build 7100).

Immediately after installing Windows 7, I was unable to get any audio working.   I had a Sound Blaster X-Fi (model SB0460), and I tried various drivers from Creative's website all to no avail.  Since my card is pretty old, I decided to upgrade to the SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer (model SB073A) and use it's respective driver which is supposed to be Win7 compatible.  I had partial success - I get a staticy audio which cuts out entirely after a few mintues untill I reboot my rig and then it repeats.

I tired swapping out the speakers to rule out a hardware fault, still no go.

I am perplexed as to what to do next -  Could I have a bad motherboard (Board: Dell Inc. 0GC375)  or am I still just fighting a bad driver?

Driver date: 4/9/2009  Driver Version: 6.0.1.1373

 

Appreciate any help!