Game locks with stuttering sound error

[mbnx01]

I'm running 1.4 and have had problems where the sound just stops. When I leave the game my sound device (sb audigy zs usb) no longer works in windows. A reboot solves these probems and they're pretty rare (haven't been able to reproduce on a regular basis) so I've just rebooted now and then (doesn't happen often). This is not that hard a problem to live with.

 

But now I'm further into the game (about 17 bases) and I get a hard lockup on my entire pc and a 'stuttering sound' playing over and over. I can bring up task manager, but can't 'end' UFO, when I try nothing happens and I have to do a hard boot.

 

This problem happens about 10 minutes into a mission.

 

I'm using latest drivers and have a very clean XP2 system. ATI 9800, latest drivers. I have no other sound problems in any other game. Here's a weird thought - I put a usb 2.0 pci card in my system yesterday - I wonder if that makes a difference? Maybe I'll try plugging the soundcard back into the 1.1 port.

 

Is anyone else seeing something like this? Any suggestions?

[Slaughter]

Can't say I have much to offer on this one. As you say, try to plug it back into the 1.1 port and see if it helps. Is there a good reason you have it in the 2.0 port?