Thanks for that it was informative. I noticed they were all downloading the 365 or 367 drivers. I found a page that has the 374 from http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=26357 ,since all the links i find for the Realtek site do not work, so im going to try this one today. Will let you know what happens. Thanks again.
Ok, the dowload i got didnt quite work, so i updated my audio driver from the device manager and the driver CD that came with my MB. It didnt give me any warning this time and my computer has been working fine ever since. I'm still not 100% sure what i did wrong or what i did right this time, but it works, and better than before so im happy. What a happy ending right! Thanks for all the help.