Sound not working with Win 98

[mark73]

Hey up,

Right, decided i would chuck aload of unused parts together the other day that i had sitting around. This includes Windows 98, so installed that and eveything seems to be running nice and smooth apart from the sound. It wont show any devices. I have tryed just about everything i can think of and it still wont have it. Its an AS Rock K7VT4A Pro mobo and i have already been on their website and tryed downloading the drivers but still nothing.

Any ideas ?

 

[AdamR79]

win98 se?

 

[JN]

Is the soundcard enabled in the BIOS?

 

[mark73]

This is what its showing me:

And no, i dont think it is SE as it only says 98 under properties.

 

[JN]

What have you got under the resources tab?

 

[mark73]

Is the soundcard enabled in the BIOS?

Yep, Its under AC97 which is the onboard sound and i have made sure that its enabled.

 

[mark73]

What have you got under the resources tab?

 

[mark73]

Any ideas people ?

 

[Toxcity]

Either the driver is not correct.. grab a new one (or and older one). OR the audio chip is on it's way out.

 

[mark73]

Hmm, Yeh i am convinced its a driver issue but i have tryed just about every driver out there.

Hopefully its not the chip dieing.

Im wandering if it might be that mobo with win98 as i googled it and someone else has had the exact same problem with the same set up ?

 

[Toxcity]

Too new for the OS?

 

[mark73]

Maybe, do you reckon it might be worth sticking linux on there to see if it works. Only thing is i dont know much about it. Gotta be worth a try though ?

 

[Toxcity]

Mmmm, Must be away around this. The driver never responses.. so it must be the driver causing the problem.

But why? Anything in the event viewer that might give us a clue?

 

[kendo]

Sometimes the BIOS and Win98 don't agree over IRQs. You could try changing the IRQ in the BIOS, selecting auto, clearing the DMI pool or try moving a PCI card into another slot.

You've got the drivers for onboard sound from your m/b site and for Win98 right?

If none of that works and it's the chip, I have a Soundblaster 5.1 pci card you can have if you fancy a trip over to DT11.

 

[mark73]

Sometimes the BIOS and Win98 don't agree over IRQs. You could try changing the IRQ in the BIOS, selecting auto, clearing the DMI pool or try moving a PCI card into another slot.

You've got the drivers for onboard sound from your m/b site and for Win98 right?

If none of that works and it's the chip, I have a Soundblaster 5.1 pci card you can have if you fancy a trip over to DT11.

Tryed just about everything now and still not working so im gonna guess its the chip

So, yeh im gonna have to try it with a PCI card. If you have got one laying around that you dont want then im sure i could put it to good use, Just not sure im gonna be able to get over to your area, however if you would post it i would happily send you over some cash.

Let me know.

 

[AdamR79]

have you tried a linux livecd?

 

[kendo]

Toxcity picked up the the fact that your Mobo isn't meant to support 98, only 98se onwards.

I'd suggest getting another OS, at the very least SE or try Linux.

Or, the following site refers to 98 drivers for your Mobo, worth a try?

http://driverscollection.com/?H=K7VT4A PRO&By=ASRock&SS=Windows 98