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FWIW...

I gave up on all attempts to fix this and just called IBM and got a new motherboard under warranty. I did *not* reinstall the OS. The work was done by IBM off-site, so I don't know if IBM...

FWIW...

When I run the Belarc Advisor 7.1f (free from www.belarc.com) on my IBM thinkpad R51 (sub-model 2883), Belard reports on hardware and software present. Concerning "multimedia" it reports...

If you haven't got PnP (plug and play) ON or if the device isn't plug and play you won't see it on reboot I don't think.

I can only assume that the Soundmax sound-card-circuitry which is embedded...

I have the same sitation as NiftyC and others, but on a ThinkPad R51 (2883) running WinXP Pro (sp2) with absolute latest bios and drivers. I uninstalled SoundMax from Control Panel Add/Remove...