Removing audio drivers

[Jspesh]

My PC has been crashing during any 3d application (games!)

I think i've narrowed it down to a sound issue. It's fine running games or 3d stuff that has no sound (google earth works fine, 3d stress test in half life works - the game with sound doesnt).

I bought the pc off a mate and it had a hercules gametheatre xp card in it. i uninstalled the drivers (or so i thought) and removed the card, replacing it with a 'trust pci 5.1' card. basically a crappy 5.1 card i got from maplin for about £10. installed those drivers and assumed it'd work.

however there is still a 'gametheatre' icon in the control panel. i didn't see anything about it when running dxdiag though.

any ideas what i can do? spec etc below;

Athlon 64 3000+ (standard cooling, not overclocked),
Gigabyte GA-K8N mobo
1 gig RAM,
ATI 9800 Pro
Enermax 430W psu (EG465P-VD model?)
120gb HDD
DVDRW
windows xp pro sp2 with latest updates

dxdiag said:

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System Information

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Time of this report: 9/19/2007, 14:11:58
Machine name: JAY
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 519MB used, 1940MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes

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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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Display Devices

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Card name: 128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON 9800 AGP (0x4E48)

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Sound Devices

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Description: C-Media Wave Device
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Driver Name: cmaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0643 (English)

[shocker-z]

check in add and remove programs it could just be software for it.

Also check the tinternet for up to date drivers for your new soundcard as old drivers should associate themselves with your new card.

Also how did you uninstall them? devman?

Regards
Liam

[Jspesh]

shocker-z said:

check in add and remove programs it could just be software for it.

Also check the tinternet for up to date drivers for your new soundcard as old drivers should associate themselves with your new card.

Also how did you uninstall them? devman?

Regards
Liam

noting in add/remove, first place i looked!

removed them via add/remove but it didnt seem to work correctly. might just reformat..