Stock it all out ..... everything and run XMP profile for stix 
 
Terminate all Creative cancer from system and remove all traces in regedit 
 
Like it never happened .......... 
 
 
Roll with onboard until you get a viable sound card ......... 
 
Revert to last known vid drivers that did not demonstrate this behavior 
 
How badly was this card pounded with vcore ??? 
 
could be the card itself 
 
last ditch new OS, could be a bug ??? 
 
good luck bro ... 
