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I have a friend who upgraded a Pentium 2 PC to Windows XP.
I know, I know, he's crazy, but he doesn't have money to buy a new one yet.
Anyway, the problem is, he has an ISA sound card called Opti 82C933 which is not recognized by XP.
Does anyone know where I can find the driver for this?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Short answer: He's out of luck. Spend $15 for a PCI sound card.
Long answer: Opti was a audio chipset manufacturer. They never offered driver support to begin with. They sold that business in 1997 to Ectiva, which is/was a division of Creative. Creative driver support is teh suck. Nobody ever developed new drivers for this dinosaur. Go spend $15 for a PCI sound card.
Agreed Opti is dead
Find a 15 dollar PCI CMI 8738
Stay away from creative in his application
I also told him to buy a new sound card, but gave it a try anyway, knowing that if there was a driver out there, you guys can find it.
Thanks for the advise.
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Originally Posted by mib
I freely admit I have absolutely no idea what Temp's post meant, but at my age no one expects more. Actually, from some online vendors like newegg, you can get a decent sound card for $10 including shipping. Opti's were outstanding sound chips in their day, but the worst product you can get now is far better.
The other option is to find a recycling shop and buy an ISA SB16, AW32, or AW64. Don't pay more than $5.00.
The C Media chipset sound cards are great. They sound great. But I suspect that they might put a little drag on the processor in the PII.