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

HTH,

Jose

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)?
> Thanks! Martin Kurr

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