i dont think it's overheating, as it plays normal without the sound card,, the motherboard bios is up-to-date,, not sure which drivers youre talking about, but i downloaded the latest drivers for the soundcard of the asus site, and onboard audio was disabled.
the problem would only crash when i was in-game of league of legends, however, i havnt tested it extensively while not playing yet, as that was the main issue.
and how would the PCIe version pair up against this problem if anyone knows? thanks in advance