HELP!! sound card driver problem

[mlb51981]

I am not a computer genius but i have been trying to figure this sound card issue out for a while now. My PC systems info says the driver was not properly installed or not present.. i dont know how to download a new driver or my original or fix this...i am using windows 98 i have a sony vaio desktop....please help me im desperate and everywhere i look the solution either does not work or i cant understand all the tech talk!!!

[hudsonsmith]

Welcome to windrivers mlb51981. More info please:
- Exact model # for your vaio
- 98 or 98se?

In either case, your vaio should have come w/ a set of cd's. One of these should contain all the drivers. Depending on the specific model of your sound card, there is either an installation program to be run (most likely) or you can point the hardware wizard to the directory on the cd containing your sound card driver.

[mlb51981]

[QUOTE=hudsonsmith]Welcome to windrivers mlb51981. More info please:
- Exact model # for your vaio
- 98 or 98se?

model #pcv-e314ds
ms98
i bought this pc off a friend of a friend, it came with no recovery cd. i might be able to contact the friend, but if not is there any hope? :-(

[hudsonsmith]

It appears you have aureal vortex sound. Nothing on Sony's web site, but try this:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,7091,00.asp

[mlb51981]

i downloaded the driver you suggested...nothing happened after download and im not quite sure how to set it as the driver to use for the device...sorry for the problems im not the smartest when it comes to this stuff. i appreciate the help very much

[hudsonsmith]

Did you run the exe after downloading it?

[mlb51981]

yeah...i have done that a few times. i had previously downloaded a driver that was the wrong one, some one had suggested it from my work. it is a Creative brand driver. it is still saying this is being used as the driver for the device. how to i change it so the device uses the Aureal Vortex driver?

[hudsonsmith]

If the creative driver is listed in the add/remove programs list, you can uninstall it from there. Otherwise, go into device manager and uninstall the affected devices. When windows redetects, point it to the directory where the aureal files were installed.

[mlb51981]

I don't know i must be doing something worng b/c it has voice modem serial wave device listed now as the sound driver and my system info detects no devices with any problems. i still have no sound and when i click volume control nothing happens. the only place i can access the Aureal download is from my desktop and it runs a setup, closes and nothing changes. thank you for your time, i dont want to take up any more of it. this is probably a simple thing to fix and i am making it more complicated then it has to be.