Hi. Due to issues w/ WinME, I've been forced to upgrade to Win98 on a Sony PCG-F610. I have been able to find a new video driver, but can't seem to locate the ESS drivers for the sound card and built in Modem. I can't seem to verify the model (short of ripping the guts out to find the chip set).

WinME has been altered and some specific VPN software as well as MS Office 97 no longer works on WinME. Sony doesn't offer in-depth technical support (the figure their stuff will only be used as-is and that no one would ever have a 'true' computing need) so they probably don't even understand my issue.

Of course I've asked ESS, but still no replay (within business days).

Has anyone else been running into these kinds of issues? WinME is horrible, and Vendor support is non-existant.

Thanks (Signed a furstrated user).

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Thanks,
Kevin G.