Hello, My onboard sound recently failed, and I decided it would be easier to add a PCI card than to deal with a Taiwanese RMA department. I may have been wrong. The catch is that I'm dual booting Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7. I started by trying a SB Live that I had sitting around, which worked great in Ubuntu, but I was unable to find any drivers that would make it work right in Win7. I next looked for something a little newer for sale. Found an Audigy SE, which is said to work well under Linux and had fairly recent drivers available for Win7. It does work well under Linux (it was working by the time the login window came up, no interaction from me) but once again, no drivers that actually work for Win7, contrary to what Creative's web site says. Creative's tech support is useless. "Try uninstalling your drivers and then reinstalling." Yes, that happened to be the first 5 things I did. Creative is now dead to me...I'm not putting up with their fast release cycle and poor drivers any more. I think I recall having this same issue a couple years ago with Vista and that SB Live that was in my parts bin... So I ask not because it is a Linux issue, but because I'm guessing someone has been in a similar situation: Does anyone have first hand experience with a PCI or PCI-e sound card that works well in both Linux and Windows 7? I ended up with the Audigy by cross referencing Linux compatibility lists with Windows driver availability from the manufacturer, and that got me nowhere, so I'm hoping I can get somewhere with actual experience. I don't want to break the bank, and I'm no audiophile, but I'm willing to spend some money to get something that works well. Thanks! -- Justin Kremer