I tried clean uninstall / reinstall of the VIA chipset "4 in 1" driver set.
I noticed in DirectX Diagnostic the no sound device was listed but it
indicated a setting of "Kernel Sound" or something similar.  Compared to
DirectX log file from before the incident, the sound was non-kernel.  I
since gave up on troubleshooting and reinstalled everything from scratch,
but still wonder about the kernel sound issue.  Notably, of many steps, the
2nd to last step in the Sound troubleshooting guide was ensuring speakers
were plugged in.

Thanks for the ideas,
Martin Kurr


Jose E. Dominguez
Try installing the FIC PCI bridge patch, or whatever it's called, for the
503 in
W98, it might do the trick.


Martin Kurr wrote:

> My PC recently crashed (multiple power outages while unattended).  The
main
> FAT was damaged and a few files were crosslinked.  Without a full
> re-installation, only the sound card does not function properly now.
> PC:  Win98,AMD K6/2 450 with 128MB DIMM on FIC VA503+ v1.2a, EIDE UDMA/33
> hard drive, Diamond Viper 770 video, ISA PnP modem, Realtek PCI NIC (for
> cable modem), PS/2 mouse
> DEVICE MGR shows sound card devices installed and enabled with no problems
> (IRQ11/DMA1 - AudioPCI, Legacy support, and gameport driver which I don't
> use but it's there anyway).  I tried removing card, restart & shut down
PC,
> then reinserting card.  Also tried manually deleting drivers with card
> reinsertion to verify driver file integrity.  I tested the card on a
> different (similar) PC and it functions properly.
> In Control Panel, opening Multimedia, the Audio and MIDI tabs are grayed
out
> (no preferred devices and cannot select).  The Devices tab for Audio,
MIDI,
> Mixer, and Line Input correctly shows AudioPCI devices.
> What is the problem here and what's the fix (short of install all from
> scratch)?

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