Its a long shot but on one of my older systems my SB Live card's drivers HATED my ATI drivers. It really was a case of "its either me or her!"...I yanked the sound card, reinstalled windows and everything was perfect from then on. Probably one of the last CL cards I ever bought....though it was also one of the last ATI cards I ever bought as well. Both companies make crappy drivers and life is just too short (though ATI is getting better than they were).
Have you tried a fresh install with a NVidia card? Sometimes it really is a case of a bad card w/ crappy driver support.
Just my $.02. YMMV and all that ;)
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