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I have a IBM NetVista PIII 800mHz model running Windows98. I can't get
it to produce sounds - the only sounds I do hear are occasional beeps
at the very beginning of a start up.

It has a built in audio in, out, and mic in. But I get no sound with
speakers or head phones. Any suggestions on how to solve this prob?

AND - if you can help even further - I can't get my usb epson 740
inkject printer recognized. Anybody?

thanks - ray

"98remembered" wrote in message
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I have a IBM NetVista PIII 800mHz model running Windows98. I can't get
it to produce sounds - the only sounds I do hear are occasional beeps
at the very beginning of a start up.
It has a built in audio in, out, and mic in. But I get no sound with
speakers or head phones. Any suggestions on how to solve this prob?

/ start / settings / control panel / sounds
allows you to run tests.

The standard cure for audio problems is to
remove the audio card via
/ start / settings / control panel / system / device manager
and then reboot, so the PC finds the audio card as
"new software" and prompts you to instal its drivers
and associated software. But this does not help if
you have "sound on board" built into the motherboard
and some part of its circuitry fails. (I do not know how
often this happens. It happened to me.) If so, the
only cure is to disable SoB in BIOS and add an
audio card to the PC, installed the standard way.

AND - if you can help even further - I can't get my usb epson 740
inkject printer recognized. Anybody?

Most USB printers are USB version 2 which did not exist
when Win98 was issued (including USB.v.1). That is
why Win98SE was issued (inc. USB.v.2.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

First, has the speaker pin been removed and replaced for any reason? If so,
make sure it did not get plugged into the modem instead of the sound card
port.

Right click My Computer, properties and then select the Device Manager tab.
Are there any problems listed under Sound, Video and Game Controllers? Is
your sound card listed? Along with these answers, tell us if you have a
disk with audio drivers.

Did the printer work at one time and now it is no longer working? Please
provide more details on the problem--what have you done, what did the PC do,
etc.



--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"98remembered" wrote in message
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I have a IBM NetVista PIII 800mHz model running Windows98. I can't get
it to produce sounds - the only sounds I do hear are occasional beeps
at the very beginning of a start up.

It has a built in audio in, out, and mic in. But I get no sound with
speakers or head phones. Any suggestions on how to solve this prob?

AND - if you can help even further - I can't get my usb epson 740
inkject printer recognized. Anybody?

thanks - ray

"98remembered" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have a IBM NetVista PIII 800mHz model running Windows98. I can't get
it to produce sounds - the only sounds I do hear are occasional beeps
at the very beginning of a start up.

It has a built in audio in, out, and mic in. But I get no sound with
speakers or head phones. Any suggestions on how to solve this prob?

First make sure your sound card is installed.
If not you will need to identify it and install the correct drivers.
Check first of course to be sure it's not set to "mute"


AND - if you can help even further - I can't get my usb epson 740
inkject printer recognized. Anybody?


Look in device manager to see if you even have USB.
If not, the first thing to check is that it's enabled in the BIOS