No sound after WIN98 install

[NooNoo]

Here we go:
Operating System: Win 98 SE
Processor:200megahertz AMD K6, 16 kilobyte primary memory cache
Main Circuit Board: Hsing Tech Enterprise Co., Ltd. 586TX REV 3.1 Bus Clock-66 megahertz BIOS-American Megatrends, Inc. 0626 7/15/95
Drives: 2.14 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 733 Megabytes Hard Drive Free Space Mat****a CD-ROM CR-563 Generic floppy disk drive Generic IDE hard disk drive (2.13 GB)
Memory Modules: 32 MB installed Slot 0 has 8MB, Slot 1 has 8, Slot 2 is empty, slot 3 is empty, slot 4 has 8, and slot 5 has 8MB.
Local Drive Volumes
c: (on drive 0) 2.14 GB 733MB free
Controllers: Standard floppy disk controller, Intel PCI Bus Master IDE controller, primary IDE controller (dual fifo), secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Bus Adapters: Intel PCI to USB Universal Host controller, NEC USB Open Host Controller, NEC USB open host controller
Display: Diamond Stealth II S22o (Turbo) {Display adapter}, Packard Bell monitor

Didn't list these catagories: communications, other devices, software versions, printers, installed microsoft hotfixes, system model(assset tag code).
Thanks for helping.

OK Its a pc chips... Hsing Tech Enterprise Co is the holding company for these boards. There is not quite enough information here to make an absolute identification, but I am willing to bet that this is what you need if the sound is onboard. here is the installation instructions

Not all the boards of this type came with onboard sound, so it might require you to take the lid off and look to see if there is a proper sound card there or not.


In order to make a better guess I will need the system model that you didn't post as well as how many pci and isa slots belarc detected.

[dixon3133]

i'm having the same problem, heres my Belarc advisor results


Operating System System Model
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Matsonic MS8308E
Asset Tag: 0123ABC
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
850 megahertz AMD Duron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
64 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Matsonic MS8308E 1.0
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 062710 07/15/97
Drives Memory Modules c,d
20.51 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
19.93 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ATAPI CD-RW 52XMax [CD-ROM drive]
DM086D DVDROM '00/06/21 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")


Slot '0' has 64 MB
Slot '1' has 64 MB
Slot '2' is Empty
Slot '3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 20.51 GB 19.93 GB free

Network Drives


Users Printers
No details available None detected
Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller SiS 630/730 [Display adapter]
AOC 7V [Monitor] (15.7"vis, September 2001)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller Gameport Joystick (no joystick connected)
MPU-401 Compatible
Communications Other Devices
USB ADSL WAN Adapter Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers dixon3133!


click here and scroll down to 8308 series

Links are there for all your drivers, the manual and bios updates. You dont need a bios update unless you have a problem that has specifically been solved by the update.

[confus-ed]

Hey I was just answering that ... give me a chance

(You got 'teh greeter' job back now .. ! )

Just to explain Noo's 'brilliance' she googled this bit (as I think its often a mystery to folks how she does it)..

Matsonic MS8308E 1.0

.. but she does it so much nicer (& flipping quicker) than I do ! {hey there's no grovelling icon ! }

[dixon3133]

thanks for the advice but i got it fixed on another kool site.

[confus-ed]

thanks for the advice but i got it fixed on another kool site.

Well no doubt we are all very glad for you .. so maybe somebody there read these symptoms better than we did (which is all we can do - if many of us were 'there' we'd fix it straight off but we are only as good as you tell us, there's probably lots of other things you think are unrelated, which we never knew about which might have helped ..)

But this ain't a pissing contest ! ... a link to your solution though might be nice for other 'stuck' souls like you to find later, & I personally am always prepared to learn, so I'd just like to see what did fix it

[dixon3133]

lol, yea sure heres the site that helped http://pcpitstop.ibforums.com/index....=&#entry462576

[suicidetuna]

Here's my Belarc printout...can anyone help with sound drivers? Thanks!

Operating System System Model
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Micron Electronics
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
233 megahertz Intel Pentium w/MMX
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel Corporation AN430TX AA672839-305
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. 4A3NT0X0.05A.0019.P03 05/15/97
Drives Memory Modules c,d
110.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
104.31 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HITACHI CDR-8130 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

Generic IDE hard disk drive (80.00 GB) -- drive 0, No SMART Driver
Generic IDE hard disk drive (29.99 GB) -- drive 1, No SMART Driver
IOMEGA ZIP 100 [Hard drive] -- drive 255, rev 23.D 64 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 32 MB
Slot '1' has 32 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (FAT32 on drive 0) 80.00 GB 75.34 GB free
d: (FAT32 on drive 1) 29.99 GB 28.96 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
WORKGROUP domain logons
Charles Anderson 1/9/08 4:11:25 PM
HP LaserJet 6L PCL on LPT1:

Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) S3 ViRGE-DX/GX PCI (375/385) [Display adapter]
Hitachi CM751 [Monitor] (17.7"vis)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller Closed Caption Decoder
Gameport Joystick (no joystick connected)
NABTS/FEC VBI Codec
WaveTop (TM) NABTS/CC VBI Codec
YAMAHA OPL3-SAx WDM Driver