that sucks alex. perhaps some of that pain med will help take away some of the pain dealing with your computer
It's been a while siince I have looked at audio interfaces, but when I was researching firewire solutions the RME Fireface 800 kept rising to the top of my list. Probably overkill and (in my eyes) way too expensive.
I am kind of surprised that you are getting audio glitches from your m-audio card. How many physical ins and outs do you use?