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http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/faqsound.html
Put soundcard in a PCI which does not sharing an IRQ with another device
Flash the Bios to version KT7_3R (or later)
Settings for the BIOS (recommended by a user who solved this problem):
Select "15M-16M" for the Memory Hole in the Advanced Chipset Features page of the BIOS.
Set "K7 CLK_CTL" to "optimal"
Set "Delay Transaction" to "disable"
Set "PCI master time out" to "3"
Install latest driver for Raid Controller (min version 1.2.0612). Note, one user found that using version 1.03 of the Highpoint drivers solved crackling problems - later versions did not. You may wish to experiment here! One user running Windows 2000 reported that the 2.0.1019 drivers caused popping problems, but that these were solved with the 1.2.0612 drivers.
If that still doesn't solve the problem, there is more you can do:
enable "Allow LPT Interrupt Sharing" in the setting or the SB16 Emulator (Device Manager)
*********************Disable the "SB 16 emulation" in all Hardware profiles (Device Manager)******************************************
Set "PCI master read cache" to "disable" in Bios
Enable/Disable 'enhanced chipset performance' in SoftMenuIII of BIOS.
If Windows9x/ME, delete the file DEVLDR16.EXE (if present)
Disable the ATA-100 Raid Controller in the Bios