'I was under the impression that supplying you with the report from Everest would tell you, the pro, all you needed to know to point me to a page that had what I needed on it. What was the point of doing all that?'

The Everest report did indeed identify your motherboard and was instrumental in locating the Intel driver page.

The fact that they never issued drivers for XP for that board makes it difficult to 'point' anywhere other than to try what drivers Intel provide OR go to the Creative site with ALL the data you can obtain about your specific installation and get XP compatible drivers from there.


'I thought coming here would solve my problem, instead it seems like you're trying to teach me something or run me through the ringer, I'm not sure which.'

Not so. I don't have any wish to cause you problems. I am simply trying to help. Sometimes it isn't easy.

If trying all the drivers at the Intel site (there IS a second page) doesn't work, then the PCI 128's at creative would be the logical option. Many people have had issues getting the right drivers for that identified chip.

If a driver(s) doesn't install and work after reboot, uninstall, reboot and try another.