No sound after Format

**Stag** · September 7th, 2004, 11:54 AM

Had some problems and had to format, have fixed the video but am stuck as to how to id and install the sound card. This is a Windows 98SE. SiS620-ME-99VM-00. I have no idea who is the manf. of the motherboard(99VM).
I am new at this so any help anyone my be able to give to me I say "THANK YOU".

**hudsonsmith** · September 7th, 2004, 12:47 PM

Welcome to windrivers Stag. Your motherboard is an Asus ME-99VM. All your drivers are here: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/downl...VM&Type=Latest

You have onboard Crystal Logic 4280 sound. You have a choice of two win98 drivers - vxd or mdm. You will probably have better luck with the vxd.

**confus-ed** · September 9th, 2004, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

... You have a choice of two win98 drivers - vxd or mdm. You will probably have better luck with the vxd.

Will he ? - I dunno if you can say that ..

VXD stands for 'Virtual eXtendended Device' & WDM stands for windows driver model, these are two methods of controlling a device to produce the desired result, here sound. Both 'drivers' (A WDM driver isn't really a driver like a VXD one is as they take advantage of different calls within windows, a WDM 'driver' is like a driver for a driver - if that makes any real sense ?) 'hook' to different levels within the o/s & use those features to work - either way a badly written one will fail - I guess Hudonsmith is taking the notion that the extra complexity isn't 'quite so' in 98SE (this is when the idea of standard drivers using embedded function calls took over inside a standard windows method -WDM - instead of writing them just for any device -VXD) - so my general advice is to try the WDM driver that should work first & then if you have issues fall back to the earlier type, VXD ..

Note you may not find a 98 driver other than WDM type, in that case try 95 drivers which will definately be VXD type ones

**no one** · September 11th, 2004, 04:05 PM

My saviors!

Same problem

Compaq Presario 5000

Don't have any other information about it

Replaced Win98 with Win2000 Professional

Multimedia Audio Controller - no driver

No drivers in computer and have no disk

Search on web has not been fruitful

Not much of a computer guy - maybe worse tht that!

Any help will put me back in good standing with wife and kids

Thanks - Tim

**hudsonsmith** · September 11th, 2004, 04:37 PM

Welcome to windrivers Tim. Need to know the specific 5000 you have - should be a letter following the number. Look for a sticker on the top or back of the computer.

**no one** · September 11th, 2004, 05:33 PM

looked over under sideways and down - the only number, other than the 5000 on the front face of the tower I could find was inside a plastic sleeve like drawer on the front.

It is:
"Model 5WV232"
"3509FPPWN34H"

Quotations mine

Thanks

**freddy** · September 11th, 2004, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by no one

looked over under sideways and down - the only number, other than the 5000 on the front face of the tower I could find was inside a plastic sleeve like drawer on the front.

It is:
"Model 5WV232"
"3509FPPWN34H"

Quotations mine

Thanks

http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/drivers/120/120678.htm ,hang on , still looking for 2000 drivers,

there you go 4th one down http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/companies/236.htm SP20310.exe see here ,,,http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/drivers/130/130151.htm ,,, and after a long run around compacs site ,,,,here it is ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...0.exe%20%20%20

good luck

freddy