Before I give up..
Last call for help!
I bought one of these www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-CardBus-ExpressCard-Adapter-adapter/dp/B000ZLPR1G/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1
Tried to install my EMU-1616M software and drivers for soundcard (which worked). However now, whenever the expresscard adaptor and EMU card are slotted into the cardbus...the computer crashes. The longest I have managed without a crash is one minute. An much more patient person than I has put XP on the laptop and taken Vista off as I know that is what the EMU worked with before so there should be no conflict there. Everything works fine, except for when I try to stick in the emu card in adaptor!
Can anyone help? I thought I would ask for a last ditch saviour before I attempt a refund for the adaptor (hmmmm) and start saving for an ultra expensive interface that has a express card fitting instead of PCMCIA card.