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propflux01 · 12-25-2004, 12:08 PM

Merry Christmas!

I am working on a friends Gateway g6-350 Pent 2 puter. It was completely reformatted before I got it, but no audio seems to work. It has Win98SE, and I have the CD for it. I installed drivers for the Modem, and video card, and they seem to work. However, I tries installing the sound drivers, and no such luck. I went to Gateways site, got the needed drivers, uninstalled and reinstalled, tried driver.com, a couple other places, and still no luck. The Computer specs are here:

http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERB...M00301tc.shtml

and drivers were downloaded from here:

http://support.gateway.com/support/d...&param=4000301

Thing is, when I downloaded this stuff, I followed the directions to a 'T', and even tried other ways to install it. My problem is I get no volume control, No little speaker icon in the lower right, slip in an audio CD, windows Media comes up, but just hangs there, ( yeah, uninstalled and reinstalled that, too.) Nothing ever plays. In Device Manager, everyting is showing installed, correct driver, no conflicts.....I am at a loss here to find what I am overlooking. Just for info, the Board is a 440BX, with integrated Video and Audio. Audio chip is 'Creative ES 1373' , and Modem is U.S. Robotics 6000758 (model 613). Any help would greatly be appreciated!

12-25-2004, 12:08 PM	#1
propflux01 Member (8 bit) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Central Arkansastan Posts: 247	No sound, No Volume Control, No Ideas Anymore! Merry Christmas! I am working on a friends Gateway g6-350 Pent 2 puter. It was completely reformatted before I got it, but no audio seems to work. It has Win98SE, and I have the CD for it. I installed drivers for the Modem, and video card, and they seem to work. However, I tries installing the sound drivers, and no such luck. I went to Gateways site, got the needed drivers, uninstalled and reinstalled, tried driver.com, a couple other places, and still no luck. The Computer specs are here: http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERB...M00301tc.shtml and drivers were downloaded from here: http://support.gateway.com/support/d...&param=4000301 Thing is, when I downloaded this stuff, I followed the directions to a 'T', and even tried other ways to install it. My problem is I get no volume control, No little speaker icon in the lower right, slip in an audio CD, windows Media comes up, but just hangs there, ( yeah, uninstalled and reinstalled that, too.) Nothing ever plays. In Device Manager, everyting is showing installed, correct driver, no conflicts.....I am at a loss here to find what I am overlooking. Just for info, the Board is a 440BX, with integrated Video and Audio. Audio chip is 'Creative ES 1373' , and Modem is U.S. Robotics 6000758 (model 613). Any help would greatly be appreciated! __________________ AMD FX4170 ASUS M5A97 16GB 1600 Ram SSD-Intel (Main OS) WD Caviar (Spin Drive for Junk) SSD-Corsair (For OS Backup) EVGA 550Ti A Shovel and a 55-Gallon Drum can solve many of life's little "Issues"......