What should I do? My problem goes like this:

1. I reformatted my HD.
2. I installed Windows 98.
3. Now, I'm installing the sound driver thru Add/Remove Hardware.
4. I followed the instructions asked.
5. After that, it seems like it was a success. It did not even asked me to restart my PC. So i restarted it all by my self. I went to my device manager and there was no reaction ot there happens nothing! No icon of sound, video and game contollers. Why? How can I fix it? How can I install my sound driver?

Thanks in advance,
Malaver

Are you trying to install a driver for a sound card device or like Im thinking just find the device full stop?
If youre just tring to find the sound card dont let it find it pick it out of a list your self in add remove hardware ...at least you know what your getting re start find it in device manager and up-date the driver through the properties tab found by right clicking on the sound card.

preciso do driver cm18330 audio adpter

Well...

Don't install your driver thru ADD/Remove
software.

Follow this:

Start
Settings
Control Panel
System
Device Manager
Dubbel klik on the Sound icon
Click on Driver
Choose to add a new driver.

If there is no sound icon, there is probably
an icon wich says " other devices".
Follow the steps as already written;
but don't choose the sound icon , but choose
the " other devices" icon.

I know it sounds "odd"... but I recently had the occasion to help a friend reinstall a sound card after formatting the HD. The card required a DOS-based setup program to write to the EPROM before Windows 9x would recognize it. Until I found that out, Windows kept "seeing" the unknown PCI device, and wanting to install the unknown drivers for the unknown device, and was asking for the unknown disk. I think it was a CMI product!!

After contacting the smalltime vendor who sold the generic computer, he suggested how to find the correct driver. I find the driver website, and downloaded the files. The "Read.Me" included the most convoluted instructions that I have ever read!

It amounted to this:
- put the card in the slot
- start the computer
- click 'cancel' when Windows asks for the drivers (all 6 unknown devices)
- start/shutdown/restart in MS-Dos mode
- run the "setup" program from DOS
- restart the computer
- feed the drivers (from subdirectory or floppy) when asked
- go to the Device Manager
- click on REMOVE for all of the devices that you just installed! (sound and game controllers area)
- click on REFRESH
- close/ok
- start / shutdown / restart

And lo-and-behold... the thing worked!!

I don't have the URL for that driver file, but maybe where you got the soundcard (or computer) can point you to the web page. Or email me, and I'll try to get you a copy of the Zipfile that was downloaded. GOODLUCK!!

Maybe not all "soundblaster compatable" sound cards really are; but the cards from Creative Labs almost always are!

I have Upgrade Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional Beta 3 and I can't install my CMI8330 Sound Driver

VOLEVO SAPERE DOVE POTEVO TROVARE IL DRIVER PER POTERE INSTALLARE CMI8330 GRAZIE

Where can I find a win-2000 driver for my pn-board CMI8330 sound device? Please note that I don't have a sound card, but instead it is on my main board.

The programme was install, but i can't have any wave come out. ( it goes " to to to to ... ). What can i do.

Im running on win95 P1/233