Looks like there's problems with the SoundBlaster Live and the Via 686B
FAQ for Soundblaster LiveQ) I’ve heard that the Sound Blaster Live! Doesn’t work with motherboards which have a VIA chipset. Is this true?
A) Yes and No. There is nothing wrong physically between the hardware for the sound card and motherboard but there are some settings which can cause problems. The Abit KT7A motherboard is one which used to suffer from problems with data corruption when files are moved from IDE 2 to IDE 1 but this was resolved in a BIOS update. The VIA 686B south-bridge (UDMA 100) is the only version on which this problem shows up. The 686A (same as 686B but UDMA66) is unaffected. If your BIOS has the following settings, then the problems can be fixed by settings them to Disabled, Disabled, 0:
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