That’s not a bug. That’s the sound of a card refusing to die.
Subjectively?
Another rumor: "Use the SiS 7018 driver." Don't. You will blue screen with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Here is the deep truth: You cannot get hardware-accelerated legacy audio (DirectSound3D, EAX 1.0) from the CT4810 on Windows 7 x64. Creative Labs Ct4810 Windows 7 64 Bit Driver
Windows chimes. The "Found New Hardware" wizard runs. And then... nothing. Or worse, a yellow exclamation mark screaming into the void of Device Manager. That’s not a bug
Here is the irony: The CT4810 was ubiquitous . It was the Honda Civic of sound cards. It wasn't fancy (no EAX Advanced HD, no hardware wavetable to write home about), but it was clean, stable, and worked on everything from Windows 95 to Windows XP. Another rumor: "Use the SiS 7018 driver
But you can get stereo 16-bit 48kHz playback and recording. You just have to embrace the "Vista Driver."