OK Doug, just to recap a little,

Make a copy of system.ini and keep it safe (in case you need to use it
later).
Now try 'looking' at it the working file in notepad and see if you can find
a line (or lines) referring to multimedia devices or sound card drivers.

Edit the file by 'Remming' (remarking) it out (I.E. - Type rem or put a semi
colon at the start of that line) ONE LINE AT A TIME and save the file (it
should save itself as system.ini)

(Just another thought, you may be able to achieve the same objective by
editing(enabling/disabling the check boxes in) the system.ini tab in
msconfig.exe)

Two lines to consider initially a-

[boot]
system.drv=system.drv
drivers=mmsystem.dll ***************
user.exe=user.exe
gdi.exe=gdi.exe
sound.drv=mmsound.drv ***************
dibeng.drv=dibeng.dll
comm.drv=comm.drv
mouse.drv=mouse.drv
keyboard.drv=keyboard.drv
shell=Explorer.exe
*DisplayFallback=0

Re-boot into Normal Mode and see if your sound card now works. Repeat the
process for each line, one at a time, until you find the offending line -
re-editing (removing) the semi-colon from the previous save.

You may have to try other lines too - as I said elsewhere, I don't have a
WinMe box available to give you direct comparisons. Maybe Noel, MP or
someone else could jump in here.

(I still find it odd that a 'fresh' install (of the SB drivers) hasn't
corrected it)

Good luck

Mart



"Doug" wrote in message
...
Here it is, cut and pasted...

;
; *** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! ***
;
; This file was created by the System Configuration Utility as
; a placeholder for your SYSTEM.INI file. Your actual
; SYSTEM.INI file has been saved under the name SYSTEM.TSH.
;
[boot]
system.drv=system.drv
drivers=mmsystem.dll
user.exe=user.exe
gdi.exe=gdi.exe
sound.drv=mmsound.drv
dibeng.drv=dibeng.dll
comm.drv=comm.drv
mouse.drv=mouse.drv
keyboard.drv=keyboard.drv
shell=Explorer.exe
*DisplayFallback=0

[386Enh]
ebios=*ebios
device=*vshare
device=*dynapage
mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd
device=*vcd
device=*vpd
device=*int13
woafont=dosapp.fon
keyboard=*vkd
display=*vdd,*vflatd

[drivers]
wavemapper=*.drv
MSACM.imaadpcm=*.acm
MSACM.msadpcm=*.acm
wave=mmsystem.dll
midi=mmsystem.dll

[mci]
cdaudio=mcicda.drv
sequencer=mciseq.drv
waveaudio=mciwave.drv
avivideo=mciavi.drv
videodisc=mcipionr.drv
vcr=mcivisca.drv

[drivers32]
MSACM.imaadpcm=imaadp32.acm
MSACM.msadpcm=msadp32.acm
MSACM.msgsm610=msgsm32.acm
MSACM.msg711=msg711.acm
MSACM.trspch=tssoft32.acm
vidc.CVID=iccvid.dll
VIDC.IV31=ir32_32.dll
VIDC.IV32=ir32_32.dll
vidc.MSVC=msvidc32.dll
VIDC.MRLE=msrle32.dll
msacm.lhacm=lhacm.acm

[Password Lists]
DOUG=C:\WINDOWS\DOUG004.PWL

[TTFontDimenCache]
0 12=7 12
0 13=8 13
0 14=8 14
0 15=9 15
0 16=10 16
0 18=11 18
0 20=12 20
0 22=13 22




"masterprometheus" wrote in message
...
I understand. But system.ini is a small text file and we will notice if
something else was attached. Anyway, maybe copy&paste is the better way.

Regards
MP