What do you know, I have sound!

The first link you sent me didn't work, just sent me to the homepage of that
File site, where I searched for the drivers but couldn't find one with the
same address as the ones you linked me too, so I just downloaded the 23 MB
one, extracted it, picked a file, opened it, ran setup. It installed the
drivers for a PCI64, not 128, but it's working just fine. (were there 128
ones in that file as well? or just the 64 because they matched my chipset?) I
can't get sound to work in my games yet, but games can wait (music is more
important in college).

Sound was working before the program had even finished installing, as it
made exclamation noises, but when it prompted me to restart and I agreed,
there was a system error and the program crashed, however the computer
restarted and everything appears to be in working order... i'm just a little
worried about having PCI 64 drivers installed when i'm not sure if that's the
card i have. i'm afraid if i tried anything else though, i would damage
something, and ruin this sense of relief.

Thank you immeasurably for all your help, but hang around just in case,

Damon

"mdp" wrote:

Here's another one. It has the file a3d.dll that you mentioned previously.
This download is a lot larger (23MB) than the other file I pointed you to
because it has Win95, NT, and other programs all compressed into a .rar
file. Your unzip program should be able to decompress it by double-clicking
on it.

ftp://ftp.320-8080.ru/pub/driver/sou...ES1370_pci.rar

What I'm searching on are drivers for your chipset, ES1370. That's the key.

"mdp" wrote in message
...
It is now detecting HW - problem one solved. You are close. All you need
now are the right drivers. I'll see what I can find. In the meantime,
Google is your friend.

"Damon" wrote in message
...
Okay, booting in save mode, went into Device Manager, deleted all the
bogus/phantom Audio entries and rebooted in normal. Windows detected new
Audio PCI hardware and attempted to install it. However, when it asks for
the
driver, I am stumped. I don't have a driver CD and only one of the
drivers
I've installed has created a folder. I pointed the install program to
that
folder but it couldn't find what it was looking for. Perhaps I have the
wrong
driver? I don't see how I could. Specifically "a3d.dll" or something...
not
sure what that is. So I cancelled and went to reinstall one of the
drivers,
and as it was installing, the Windows audio PCI detection window came up
again and prompted me to point it to the right driver. Again, I had
nothing
to point it to. I finished installing the driver and it appeared to have
no
difference at all.

If you know of the specific driver and the specific way I am suppose to
install it, that would be helpful.

I'm so close, I can feel it...

Thanks,

Damon

"mdp" wrote:

Right click on My Computer. Select Properties.

"Damon" wrote in message
...
Alright, got into safe mode. However...

There is no "device manager" that you speak of, unless you are talking
about
"add new hardware", which doesn't work in safe mode, or "add/remove
programs", which has nothing in it worth deleting. Sorry to hang up on
something so obvious, but I have no idea what you are talking about. I
do
know what a device manager is but there just doesn't seem to be one on
here.

"mdp" wrote:

During boot, just before the Windows splash screen displays, press
the F8
key and you will get a menu of options (during boot you can tap the
F8
key
to help 'get it' at the right time). Select Safe Mode which will
then
resume booting. Then go into Device Manager and delete (maybe it's
called
remove) everything under Sound. Reboot.


"Damon" wrote in message
...
F8? Safe Mode? What? I am given the option to "hit DELETE to enter
setup"
during booting, but there is nothing in there that I recognize. I
know
what
you are talking about, but only for our other computer at home.
Please
elaborate?

"mdp" wrote:

Somethings wrong with my ISP. I read your response but can only
reply
to
this one.

Boot into Safe Mode (press F8 while booting, select Safe Mode).
Go
into
Device Manager and delete everything under Sound. Reboot. If the
computer
begins to ask for audio drivers - this would be a success. If you
have
some, point it to the right folder otherwise cancel your way
through
and
you'll see the yellow exclamation marks under Device Manager.
Your
computer
now sees audio HW and the next step is to find the right drivers.

If the computer still doesn't see HW, not sure what to do next.

"Damon" wrote in message
...
Motherboard: Biostar MGTLA, 11/11/97-i440LX-2A69JB09C-00
Chipsets: North Bridge / Intel 82443LX PAC, South Bridge / Intel
82371AB
PIIX4

Is that enough?

-Damon

"mdp" wrote:

Post back with the motherboard and chipset info (both under
Motherboard
using Everest).

"Damon" wrote in message
...
Hmmm, not sure if I checked up on the INF files. And I
neglected
to
post
my
system specs, which is usually the first thing I do. It is a
Quantex, a
company long out of business. GenuineIntel, Pentium(r) II
Processor,
96
MB
RAM. 9FX Reality 334 graphics card (also very old and out of
business.)
I
gave up and cracked open my case; the sound card IS an
ensoniq
es1370
card,
and since Everest was right about that I am assuming it was
right
about
it
being a Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128.

That's all I can tell you, I'm not sure what these INF files
are
that
you
speak of. I'm clearly only semi-computer literate. Please
help,
and
thanks.

-Damon

"mdp" wrote:

Did you install the latest INF file(s) for your chipset per
the
previous
poster's suggestion (or rule it out)? This is often needed
for
Win9x
on
older MBs to enable exactly what you're having problems
with,
detecting
HW.
If you're not sure what this is, post back with the computer
make/model
or
motherboard make/model.

"Damon" wrote in message
...
I don't believe that Everest is wrong. I am quite sure I
have
the
sound
card
that it indicates. This computer is from early 1999-2000,
it
is
not
new.
We
upgraded the OS from Windows 95 to 98 a long time ago. I'm
quite
sure
there
was no software included for the soundcard. Even if there
was
it
would
be
irrelevant because that is what the internet is for. I
have
downloaded
many
drivers for my card off the internet.
SBPCI_WebDrvsV5_12_01.exe.
SBPCI128Setup_w9x.exe. SPCTAUDIOSetupus.exe. All of them
either
crashed
or
asked for missing files. I downloaded all the missing
files
off
the
internet
from www.soundcard-drivers.com. Still no change. And what
the
hell
is a
56k
Speakerphone?

"Franc Zabkar" wrote:

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:21:01 -0700, "Damon"
put finger to keyboard
and
composed:

When I try to add the sound card driver through Add New
Hardware,
I
get
this:

"The file 'a3d.dll' on Creative Sound Blaster PCI 128
Driver
Disk
cannot
be
found."

I don't *have* a driver disk. Why would I? This stuff
came
with
the
computer, and never asked for one before. Nice products,
Microsoft.

You *should* have received a set of discs with your new
computer.
These discs would have device drivers and user manuals.
At
the
very
least you should have been given a CD for your
motherboard.

Why don't you visually identify your soundcard? Everest
may
not
be
identifying it correctly, especially if it one of those
odd
sound/modem combo cards.

"Damon" wrote:

I've already done this. The driver I downloaded
wouldn't
install
because it
couldn't find the soundcard on my computer. The
computer
can't
even
find the
damn card! It's (apparently) a Soundblaster PCI128.
I've
tried
at
least 30
different drivers in the Device Manager trying to find
one
that
works,
and
none have. The driver I downloaded doesn't even show
up
under
the
Creative