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September 5th, 2004, 07:55 PM
sjn

drivers not loading

I reinstalled windows 98 Second Edition.
However, I have now audio.

I get the following errors in Device Manager.

? Other devices
?! PCI Multimedia Audio Device
?! PCI System Management BUS

I have BI440ZX motherboard,
The audio is on the motherboard.

I downloaded the latest driver for my audio system -
Creative Sound Blaster Drivers Version 5.12.01.4032B Enh WDM for BI440ZX from the intel site.

I installed the driver and still get the same errors.

I tried removing them and rebooting, but
When the system reboots, it steps me through the wizard but in the end can not find a driver -- Unable to locate a driver for the device.

Any ideas on what I should try next?

Thanks
September 6th, 2004, 01:54 AM
esnetsc

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjn

I reinstalled windows 98 Second Edition.
However, I have now audio.

I get the following errors in Device Manager.

? Other devices
?! PCI Multimedia Audio Device
?! PCI System Management BUS

I have BI440ZX motherboard,
The audio is on the motherboard.

I downloaded the latest driver for my audio system -
Creative Sound Blaster Drivers Version 5.12.01.4032B Enh WDM for BI440ZX from the intel site.

I installed the driver and still get the same errors.

I tried removing them and rebooting, but
When the system reboots, it steps me through the wizard but in the end can not find a driver -- Unable to locate a driver for the device.

Any ideas on what I should try next?

Thanks

Welcome sjn to Windrivers.

Did you try uninstalling the hardware. By going to Start>Setting>Control Panels>Add/Remove Hardware?
Extract the files, Then when it asks for the driver choose other location or Find them your self (I think) and look for the files and try installing them.
September 6th, 2004, 03:33 AM
NooNoo

The system management bus is part of the motherboard drivers which 98 should have

I usually suggest that you try the vxd instead of the wdm drivers for sound ... but intel have only supplied the wdm version.

When you double clicked the bicrew98.exe, did it unpack files into a directory? If so you can manually update the sound (mulitimedia audio device) from the drivers tab of the property sheet for it in device manager and browse to the unpacked files.

For the system management bus - in bios, is pnp os aware set to on or off?
September 6th, 2004, 08:40 PM
sjn

I tried uninstalling the devices.
In device mgr, I right click on the two devices and remove them.
I then reboot and the the system recognized that new hardwar is attached.

Prior to rebbot, the bicrew98.exe was run and the files were unzipped to a folder on my desktop.

I step through the "Update Device Driver Wizard" and attempt to load the driver by selecting the folder with the unzipped files but I get the message stating "Windows was unable to locate a driver for this device".

In the BIOS, the PnP OS aware is set to "yes".
September 7th, 2004, 02:51 AM
NooNoo

Try setting it to no.

Also move the files from your desktop to a standard folder - it will make browsing for them easier.
September 9th, 2004, 07:44 PM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Try setting it to no.

Also move the files from your desktop to a standard folder - it will make browsing for them easier.

I moved the folder to the c: drvie and tried reinstalling the driver and still get the same error.

also tried setting Pnp to no and tried reloading the driver..

Same error...

Almost to the point of reloading the OS again..but I don't really want to go there again if I can avoid it.
September 10th, 2004, 05:34 AM
NooNoo

Reloading 98 over the top is not painful - just the windows updates have to be applied again.

When you say the same error - did you mean there was not driver for the sm bus device?

Have you checked with windows updates? Sometimes it offers drivers that sort this type of problem.
September 10th, 2004, 06:06 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Reloading 98 over the top is not painful - just the windows updates have to be applied again.

When you say the same error - did you mean there was not driver for the sm bus device?

Have you checked with windows updates? Sometimes it offers drivers that sort this type of problem.

Same error was for attempting to reload the multimedia audio driver
"Unable to locate a driver for the device"..

If you mean the intel web site, that is where I obtained the Sound Blaster Audio PCI 128 Drivers for the Intel BI440ZX Motherboard

There was no drivers at the same site for the PCI MGT bus.
September 10th, 2004, 07:58 AM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally Posted by NooNoo

The system management bus is part of the motherboard drivers which 98 should have..

But it can't have or there wouldn't be any yellow '!' in device manager, well definately not for that !

So that means, despite windows knowing about the chipset, bios isn't signalling it right perhaps ? - strangely there's a bios update for that board here - have we tried applying that ?
September 13th, 2004, 08:30 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

But it can't have or there wouldn't be any yellow '!' in device manager, well definately not for that !

So that means, despite windows knowing about the chipset, bios isn't signalling it right perhaps ? - strangely there's a bios update for that board here - have we tried applying that ?

I have not tried the bios update because the original install of the OS did not require the BIOS update (according to manufacturer of the PC)
September 14th, 2004, 11:40 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjn

Same error was for attempting to reload the multimedia audio driver
"Unable to locate a driver for the device"..

If you mean the intel web site, that is where I obtained the Sound Blaster Audio PCI 128 Drivers for the Intel BI440ZX Motherboard

There was no drivers at the same site for the PCI MGT bus.

I downloaded the BIOS update and ran it then rebooted.

Same probelms exist..can't load the drivers (same error) and still have no audio...
September 15th, 2004, 04:08 AM
confus-ed

Do you have an entry 'acpi' in bios? if so whats it set as ?

& if you open device manager & view 'computer' by resources, if you look at the IRQs are there any entries sharing ?

What is the actual message on the properties of the erroneous 'PCI System Management BUS' ? {I pressume the message on the 'multimedia controler' is something like no driver or such ?}

Can you confirm whether this machine has been to Windows update site or not please ? (this is a different lot of updates to intel, this is s/w updates to 98 @ M$)
September 16th, 2004, 06:01 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Do you have an entry 'acpi' in bios? if so whats it set as ?

& if you open device manager & view 'computer' by resources, if you look at the IRQs are there any entries sharing ?

What is the actual message on the properties of the erroneous 'PCI System Management BUS' ? {I pressume the message on the 'multimedia controler' is something like no driver or such ?}

Can you confirm whether this machine has been to Windows update site or not please ? (this is a different lot of updates to intel, this is s/w updates to 98 @ M$)

My PC is at home.
I will need to check in the BIOS for acpi entries.
I will also check for IRQ sharing.

The message for the sound/multimedua, if I remember, is code 28 drivers for this device are not installed. I will double check and look at the PCI error.

I have not actually gone to the site windowsupdate.microsoft.com. I did go to the windows 98 microsoft site and load 3 updates -- win 98 System Update, win 98 year 2000 update, and win 98 year 2000 update 2
September 18th, 2004, 12:35 PM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Do you have an entry 'acpi' in bios? if so whats it set as ?

& if you open device manager & view 'computer' by resources, if you look at the IRQs are there any entries sharing ?

What is the actual message on the properties of the erroneous 'PCI System Management BUS' ? {I pressume the message on the 'multimedia controler' is something like no driver or such ?}

Can you confirm whether this machine has been to Windows update site or not please ? (this is a different lot of updates to intel, this is s/w updates to 98 @ M$)

I did go to the update site. There were 20 or so updates that mostly deling with security upgrades. Nothing related to pci or sound, so I did not upload any.

Did not see acpi in the BIOS setup. But it does show up in the report from Msinfo32.

The error on the properties for PCI Mgt Bus is
PCI System Management Bus
Unknown
This Device Has a Problem: Code=28 (0x1C)
The drivers for this device are not installed correctly. To install the driver
for this device, click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver.
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3057&SUBS YS_00000000&REV_40\BUS_00&DEV_07&FUNC_04
Alloc resources: None
Forced resources: None
Boot resources: None
Filtered resources: None
Basic resources: None
HW Revision: 064
Driver: Driver Not Installed

PCI Multimedia Audio Device
Unknown
This Device Has a Problem: Code=28 (0x1C)
The drivers for this device are not installed correctly. To install the driver
for this device, click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver.
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3058&SUBS YS_30921462&REV_50\BUS_00&DEV_07&FUNC_05
Alloc resources: Logical Configuration 0
IO Range: Base=xDC00 End=xDCFF Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xD800 End=xD803 Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xD400 End=xD403 Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Forced resources: None
Boot resources: Logical Configuration 0
IO Range: Base=xDC00 End=xDCFF Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xD800 End=xD803 Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xD400 End=xD403 Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Filtered resources: None
Basic resources: Logical Configuration 0
IRQ: 0 Mask: xFFFF
IO Range: Base=xDC00 End=xDCFF Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xD800 End=xD803 Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xD400 End=xD403 Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
HW Revision: 080
Driver: Driver Not Installed

Device manager does not have an option to view computer by resources.
Only by type and by connection. However, I ran Msinfo32 and obtained the following:

[Conflicts/Sharing]

IRQ 9 VIA VT83C572/VT82C586 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 9 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 9 SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
IRQ 11 NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro
IRQ 11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
IRQ 14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 14 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ 15 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller

[IRQs]

0 System timer
1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2 Programmable interrupt controller
3 Communications Port (COM2)
4 Communications Port (COM1)
6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller
7 ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
8 System CMOS/real time clock
9 VIA VT83C572/VT82C586 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
9 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
9 SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
10 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11 NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
12 Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse
13 Numeric data processor
14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
5 (free)

Note In the system info below, the processor is listed as a Pentium II.
Although, when I boot, messages during boot up says Pentium III

[System Information]

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Clean install using CD /T:C:\WININST0.400 /SrcDir=G:\WIN98 /IZ /IS /IQ /IT /II /NR /II /C /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
IE 6.0.2800.1106IC
Uptime: 0:01:30:17
Normal mode

GenuineIntel Pentium(r) II Processor Intel MMX(TM) Technology
128MB RAM
54% system resources free
Windows-managed swap file on drive C (25185MB free)
Available space on drive C: 25185MB of 6681636MB ()
Available space on drive D: 885MB of 6681636MB ()
Available space on drive E: 854MB of 6681636MB ()
September 18th, 2004, 08:24 PM
confus-ed

So I'd still do all the updates btw ;)

Are you sure you've given us the right Msinfo32 report ? This is an intel board which takes intel chips .. yet there's a VIA ide controller & a VIA usb controller on it - something doesn't tally ...
September 18th, 2004, 08:34 PM
TripleRLtd

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Are you sure you've given us the right Msinfo32 report ? This is an intel board which takes intel chips .. yet there's a VIA ide controller & a VIA usb controller on it - something doesn't tally ...

https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif Good eye confus-ed. Something is wrong here, yes. Don't do any chipset updates until you and we know what we're dealing with. The log also says Win98 not Win98 SE. Where did this log come from sjn?
September 19th, 2004, 09:44 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

So I'd still do all the updates btw ;)

Are you sure you've given us the right Msinfo32 report ? This is an intel board which takes intel chips .. yet there's a VIA ide controller & a VIA usb controller on it - something doesn't tally ...

I will apply the security updates.

Is it possible Msinfo32 is not functioning?

I execute the following:

Start/run
Open: Msinfo32
The Microsoft System Information box opens and displays the info.

I can email you the report from Msinfo32. I tried to download with the posting but it did not work.

I could also shutdown and open the box to see what is installed..
Would I need to look for something in particular?
September 20th, 2004, 02:29 AM
confus-ed

Despite what it says, 'attachments' don't work here ;)

Lets just try another system information tool I think ... try Aida32 or Belerac perhaps - if you are prepared to open the case you want to be looking to confirm the motherboard as you stated - it'll probably be printed on it, but you can try us with the bios string by way of confirmation, thats a bit long string (10 or more letters & numbers) that comes up generally bottom left when you boot, often it includes a date..
September 20th, 2004, 08:24 PM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Despite what it says, 'attachments' don't work here ;)

Lets just try another system information tool I think ... try Aida32 or Belerac perhaps - if you are prepared to open the case you want to be looking to confirm the motherboard as you stated - it'll probably be printed on it, but you can try us with the bios string by way of confirmation, thats a bit long string (10 or more letters & numbers) that comes up generally bottom left when you boot, often it includes a date..

Did not open the box yet..
I tried Belarc. It produced an HTML report of my configuration.
Some of the info it shows is:

Operating System
Windows 98 (build 4.10.1998)

System Model
Asset Tag: 0123ABC

Processor a
933 megahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Main Circuit Board b
Board: Micro-Star Inc. MS-6309 2.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 62710 05/20/99

Bus Adapters
VIA VT83C572/VT82C586 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller

Multimedia
MPU-401 Compatible
Wave Device for Voice Modem

Also some info on the hard drives, video, etc.
September 21st, 2004, 04:37 AM
confus-ed

Still none the wiser :rolleyes: - this is what the system info is leading me to One of these ? - which at least take the right cpu & answer why we have VIA stuff, but none of them are an Intel BI440ZX & why did it accept the bios update - stuff still doesn't make sense ! Time for visual inspection please ..
September 21st, 2004, 06:07 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Still none the wiser :rolleyes: - this is what the system info is leading me to One of these ? - which at least take the right cpu & answer why we have VIA stuff, but none of them are an Intel BI440ZX & why did it accept the bios update - stuff still doesn't make sense ! Time for visual inspection please ..

Yes.

And ..it did accept the BIOS update (no errors) ..question is..if indeed it was the wrong BIOS update...what affects would it have / cause to the overall system?

The link you provided goes to a search page for MSI components.
I assume you may think it is one of these motherboards?

I will check the motherboard. I am moving some office furniture and will have the computer down for the next few days..
September 21st, 2004, 07:07 AM
NooNoo

ms-6309 le2

ms-6309

ms-6309 LE5

Good old ms and its model numbers....

Which one is yours?
September 21st, 2004, 12:56 PM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by NooNoo

ms-6309 le2

ms-6309

ms-6309 LE5

Good old ms and its model numbers....

Which one is yours?

I assume I find this model number once I open the box and look at the board?
September 22nd, 2004, 04:11 AM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjn

I assume I find this model number once I open the box and look at the board?

Yeah if its not one of the suggested ones .. sorry I thought you'd figured that out from my reply ;)
September 24th, 2004, 11:52 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Yeah if its not one of the suggested ones .. sorry I thought you'd figured that out from my reply ;)

Ok..
Got it opened and took a look..
Here is what I saw..

it looks like it is a
MS 6309 lite board with VIA chipset VT82C694X
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/ch...egacy/pro133a/

looks like this
http://www.firingsquad.com/media/art...d=430&pic_id=2

????????
September 25th, 2004, 05:06 AM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjn

????????

:D ! .. indeed ! ;)

That bios flash though seems a mystery .. if this wasn't a 4400bx board (as now seems the case when we eventually got around to checking ;)) then how did it manage to apply the bios update for a board that it isn't ? - My guess is despite what it may or mayn't have said the 'flash' didn't get done, else the motherboard would be very, very unlikely, to be still working ..

Anyway whichever one of the three we have, you want the Hyperion 4-in-1's (they are for VIA chipsets, all of these seem to be anyway) you can find that here @ ViaArena or there's another version posted on MSI's site here .. that should get rid of 1 yellow ! (on 'PCI System Management BUS' )then we might finally be able to try & fix the sound up !
September 27th, 2004, 08:05 PM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

:D ! .. indeed ! ;)

That bios flash though seems a mystery .. if this wasn't a 4400bx board (as now seems the case when we eventually got around to checking ;)) then how did it manage to apply the bios update for a board that it isn't ? - My guess is despite what it may or mayn't have said the 'flash' didn't get done, else the motherboard would be very, very unlikely, to be still working ..

Anyway whichever one of the three we have, you want the Hyperion 4-in-1's (they are for VIA chipsets, all of these seem to be anyway) you can find that here @ ViaArena or there's another version posted on MSI's site here .. that should get rid of 1 yellow ! (on 'PCI System Management BUS' )then we might finally be able to try & fix the sound up !

Yes..the BIOS thing was strange
Hopefully, I didn't shoot myself in the foot by applying it. :guns:

Anyway, I downloaded the Hyperion 4 in 1 and installed the drivers.
Your call was right on :thumbs2:
I no longer have the ?! PCI System Management BUS error

I now just have the ?! PCI MultiMedia Audio Device ..:)

Onward and Upward ;)
September 28th, 2004, 04:22 AM
confus-ed

So on the 28th reply we are now ready to fix the problem we knew we had having fixed the problem we didn't know anything about :D

Now we just need to hopefully track you the right sound driver .. please confirm just which one of the three boards NooNoo links to, you have ? then I'll track you a link, or you may be able to follow them yourself ? :)
September 30th, 2004, 07:20 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

So on the 28th reply we are now ready to fix the problem we knew we had having fixed the problem we didn't know anything about :D

Now we just need to hopefully track you the right sound driver .. please confirm just which one of the three boards NooNoo links to, you have ? then I'll track you a link, or you may be able to follow them yourself ? :)

Ok..:D

This is the one I have :thumbs:
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/d.../6309_Lite.htm

I am once again moving furniture, so I can open the box again if necessary.

Also, is there a BIOS update I should download and run? :o
September 30th, 2004, 08:20 AM
confus-ed

Arrrgh .. no wonder you couldn't follow the links .. they've been archived somewhere & I couldn't get 'em to work either ! :rolleyes: .. so time for a bit of lateral thinking ..

Quote:

VIA® VT82C686B chipset (South-Bridge)

That info then lets me/us find the driver for that here @ VIA Arena (but its one of them 'dumb' .asp generated pages so I can't give you a direct link !) - once you get to that page, choose your o/s (98SE here), then 'audio', then 'VIA AC97 codec incorporated into VT82C686B South Bridge ', that'll finally link you to a driver, that'll hopefully work as it ought !

As to the bios question, lets see how this goes first, it all did work, so it should still once we've given it back the right drivers (I only suggested bios update earlier because of what you originally told us apparently 'wrongly') .

One further thing though .. earlier you made mention of some 'soundblaster' drivers - so you don't seem to have one of them either, so if you have anything related to that uninstall it (showing in add/remove programs?) also.
September 30th, 2004, 12:21 PM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

Arrrgh .. no wonder you couldn't follow the links .. they've been archived somewhere & I couldn't get 'em to work either ! :rolleyes: .. so time for a bit of lateral thinking ..

That info then lets me/us find the driver for that here @ VIA Arena (but its one of them 'dumb' .asp generated pages so I can't give you a direct link !) - once you get to that page, choose your o/s (98SE here), then 'audio', then 'VIA AC97 codec incorporated into VT82C686B South Bridge ', that'll finally link you to a driver, that'll hopefully work as it ought !

As to the bios question, lets see how this goes first, it all did work, so it should still once we've given it back the right drivers (I only suggested bios update earlier because of what you originally told us apparently 'wrongly') .

One further thing though .. earlier you made mention of some 'soundblaster' drivers - so you don't seem to have one of them either, so if you have anything related to that uninstall it (showing in add/remove programs?) also.

I will check on the soundblaster and remove if present.

I followed the link and selected Windows 98 and audio and got to a page showing the following:

Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 98SE, Windows 98, Windows 95

VIA AC97 codec incorporated into VT82C686A South Bridge ( VT82C686A )
VIA AC97 codec incorporated into VT82C686B South Bridge ( VT82C686B )
VIA AC97 codecs incorporated into VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C, VT8235 and VT8237 South Bridges ( VT1612A VT8233/A/C VT8233/VT8233A/VT8233B/VT8235/VT8237 VT8235 VT8235CE VT8237 )
VIA Six-TRAC (VT1616 Codec) ( VT1616 )
VIA Vinyl Eight-TRAC (VT1617 Codec) ( VT1617 )
VIA AC97 codec incorporated into VT8231 South Bridge ( VT8231 )
VIA VT1612A audio codec ( VT1612A )

when I clicked VT82C686B in the list showin with - VIA AC97 codec incorporated into VT82C686B South Bridge ( VT82C686B )- , i am placed here:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/

i do not see a chipset for the VT82C686B or VT82C694X (from my posting in 9/24/04 - MS 6309 lite board with VIA chipset VT82C694X ) :confused:
September 30th, 2004, 12:43 PM
TripleRLtd

Try here:
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2
Then choose the OS and then Audio and then choose the chipset.
September 30th, 2004, 01:53 PM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally Posted by TripleRLtd

Try here:
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2
Then choose the OS and then Audio and then choose the chipset.

Did I not just tell him that ?

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2 - is the link I just cut out of my original reply :confused:
September 30th, 2004, 02:01 PM
TripleRLtd

Sorry -ed, didn't read the whole thread. He must have missed it anyway, so.... Or, I am now confused.
September 30th, 2004, 02:29 PM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally Posted by TripleRLtd

Sorry -ed, didn't read the whole thread. He must have missed it anyway, so.... Or, I am now confused.

:D .. but the instructions do work (whichever set) ... don't they ?

I get to a page headed 'Windows 98SE audio driver' next to a 'vinyl audio' logo .. I though I was just doing 'my usual' put the wrong link in trick ;), but I can't see anything wrong with my 'destructions' this time ??
September 30th, 2004, 03:44 PM
TripleRLtd

Yeah, that's what I get, too. So, maybe he's confused?
-eek-
October 1st, 2004, 10:08 AM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

:D .. but the instructions do work (whichever set) ... don't they ?

I get to a page headed 'Windows 98SE audio driver' next to a 'vinyl audio' logo .. I though I was just doing 'my usual' put the wrong link in trick ;), but I can't see anything wrong with my 'destructions' this time ??

No confusion at this end on getting to the screen with the vinyl audio logo at the top. I too can get to the 'Windows 98SE audio driver' page even though I am not running Win98SE, just WIN98.

The destruction did work..:thumbs:

The problem is I went a step too far…:o

when I clicked on VT82C686B in the list (below the logo) i was placed here: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/

So, once I got to the Windows 98 Audio Driver page, I scrolled down to the middle and clicked on “Vinyl Audio” and downloaded the 550a.

I installed and now have sound once again …..:cool: :)

How sweet it is thanks for the help :grin:

Now on to the BIOS
and another problem that seems to be board/bios related…

I will explain later. I have to shutdown until next week and will check back.

Have a nice weekend..:drink:
October 1st, 2004, 11:37 AM
confus-ed

:cool: all working .................................................. ....... finally ! :devil:

I shall wait with baited breath for the next installment ! ;) :D
October 6th, 2004, 01:57 PM
sjn

Quote:

Originally Posted by confus-ed

:cool: all working .................................................. ....... finally ! :devil:

I shall wait with baited breath for the next installment ! ;) :D

Since this seems like a new problem :eek2:
I repsoted under a new thread
"Win 98 Shutdown and Blue Screen"

See ya there ;)