Cannot install Sound Blaster Live! drivers

ASUS A7V600-X motherboard (VIA KT600 northbridge, VIA VT8237
southbridge, on-board audio)
Sound Blaster Live! (one of the first ones, "Value" I guess)
Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 and all updates

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 (ATA133)
Drivers installed, sound card working.
http://i32.tinypic.com/2aaiz45.png

Western Digital Caviar SE16 (SATA II jumpered to SATA speed for mobo
compatibility)
Drivers don't install properly.
http://i26.tinypic.com/1zozt48.png
http://i29.tinypic.com/257f4tx.png

I'm in the process of recreating my Windows installation on the second
drive. The
SB Live! drivers will not install properly. As you can see from the Device
Manager
screenshots, where it works it's listed as "Creative SB Live! Value" and
where it
doesn't it's "Creative SB Live! (WDM)" with a yellow exclamation point.

I've only come accross two suggestions. The first is to reinstall the
drivers, which
accomplishes nothing. The second is to move the card to another slot, which I
won't do because I don't see the point--if I'm not mistaken, that's for
resolving an
IRQ conflict, but there isn't one.

I've tried extracting the contents of LiveDrvUni-Pack(ENG).exe and using
Device
Manager -> Update Driver -> Advanced -> Don't search, but that doesn't show
"Creative SB Live! Value" in the list even after unchecking 'Show compatible
hardware.' I set Driver Signing options to "Ignore - Install the software
anyway"
but there's no change.

I've also tried enabling the on-board audio in BIOS and installing the ASUS
drivers for it, and installing the 4-in-1 drivers from ASUS, all except AGP.

Could someone please help? I can't afford a new sound card (and who's to say
those drivers would install?) and I can't settle for the on-board audio.
Thanks in
advance.
.

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