Quote Originally Posted by confus-ed
"bang" ??? I is confus-ed

We mean a yellow exlamation mark ?

What is it saying is the reason ? & has it ever worked ? Acpi on or off ?

& as far as this 'is it enabled in bios' question, if you delete the errant sound device(s) does windows re-find it /them (Generally you get more than one 'bit'/device showing for a s/c) ... can you tell us what windows thinks it has inside 'sound video & game controllers' within device manager ?

Daffy, it is enabled in the bios.

Confus-ed, sorry. A bang is a term for an error icon in device manager, either a question mark or an exclamation point. In this case, it's an exclamation point.

The reason listed for the excl. mark is "drivers not properly installed". Yes, it has worked in the past, and ACPI is off.

Yes, if I delete the device in dev mgr, WinME will refind it, add it back, report no errors during the add back, and then show a bang in DevMgr.

Thanks for the replies, but I think i'm going to just quit fighting this thing and just get an add-in PCI sound card from Newegg