Go into safe mode and check to see if any of the old sound card parts are left behind - if they are remove them. At this point I would remove the newly installed sound also, and start over fresh. Reboot and reinstall the new drivers. Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Harrison - CTS Katy, TX" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:49 AM Subject: Loss of Audio in Win98 after Motherboard transplant > I transplanted a hard drive with Win98SE installed on it from an old > Gateway P2-350 system to a whitebox ECS P6VEM3 motherboard based system > (Via C3 GigaPro CPU with SiS chipsets) and managed to get everything > working with the new hardward except for the onboard audio (and SiS 7801). > The most recent Win98 drivers are installed, the device shows up in > Device Manager, but it can't be selected as an Audio Playback device in > the Multimedia Control Panel. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling > the device, no joy. I've pulled the hard drive out stuck another one in > and installed Win98SE from scratch and loading the SiS 7801 drivers and > the audio works fine so I know the motherboard audio is good. > > Anybody got any ideals as to what's going on and how to fix it? I'm > guessing it's something in the system registry that needs to be manually > removed? > > -- > Kerry Harrison <[log in to unmask]> > Computer Troubleshooters of Katy LLC > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 1/27/2003 Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml