I recently switched my audigy to another pci slot because windows stopped reading in its old slot, the audigy is a gateway oem audigy (btw what does oem stand for), anyway i went to boot up it freezes on the firewire port on the card, tried failsafe, and all other methods, same problem. So um i thought id try reinstall it the version is mandrake 10 official edition, it freezes on install oddly enough at that firewire port, okay tried redhat same problem, ark same problem, fedora, knoppix, morphix, system rescue cd, suse, beernix, devian, gnoppix, all with the reoccuring problem, now being a big audio person i like to have a good card for playing games with in xp, and worked before in linux, do i need a new audigy or what
 
some sidenotes
 
when switched stopped reading flashdrives
firewire port came up in my computer never seen before
more memory used in windows
 
sys specs
 
amd atholon cp 2600+
512 pc2700 184 pin ddr ram
120 gb dma hard drive
cd rw
dvd
nvidia 5200 plus
audigy
 
so i was wondering is there anyway to fix this audigy issue or do i need to get a new one.
 
last note it freezes on oh1394 which i traced back under windows to the audigy firewire port
 
thanks in advance