The Problem described as an "lockup combined with an ongoing squeal" the Audigy series seems to be a problematic product when used with Windows 2000 or XP. I myself fortunately do not have this problem, but Creative has now enlisted this "severe" problem in their knowledge base. What is troubling is that Creative has not been able to isolate the problem yet whether it's a driver bug or possibly worse - defect hardware itself. The problem occurs randomly and is not pinpointable to gaming or music listening.
"We have not been able to really isolate what is really causing the problem," said Mala Sharma, a representative of Creative's brand management team in Milpitas, Calif. Sharma said that Steve Erickson, Creative's vice-president in charge of consumer audio products, had been notified of the problem. "I'm sure since the vice-president has been notified, that the engineering team will have all the resources they need to solve the problem," she said. Source: ExtremeTech