AFTER INSTALLATION OF A CD WRITER I KEEP RECEIVING THE UNKNOWN DEVICE FOUND, AND IT CAN'T FIND THE DRIVERS FOR MY PCI MULTIMEDIA AUDIO DEVICE. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THE APPROPRIATE ONES TO REINSTALL, OR WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THEM

go to control pannel system, devices, highlight unknown device and click properties and click "update driver on driver tab. click browse and open windows ,inf, other click ok. a list of devices window can install will appear, look for the pci sound card. Or click have disk and insert the driver disk if you have it

i deleted a program called "sonic impact A3D" on accident. now my sound doesn't work. i tried the above "reply" and pci multimaedia audio device came up, said there was a problem with it after i clicked add harware. "drivers for this device are not installed (code 28)...." it would not re0install it. help me get my sound back this is annoying. hollie1231@hotmail.com

AFTER INSTALLATION OF A CD WRITER I KEEP RECEIVING THE UNKNOWN DEVICE FOUND, AND IT CAN'T FIND THE DRIVERS FOR MY PCI MULTIMEDIA AUDIO DEVICE. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THE APPROPRIATE ONES TO REINSTALL, OR WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THEM

I had this happen to me recently. For various reasons, I had to reformat my harddrive and reinstall Win98SE. When I did, the audio card no longer functioned, and there was this mysterious "PCI Multimedia Audio Device" that the Hardware "Wizard" (yeah, right...) couldn't find a driver for. Well, since I was having no luck with Win98SE, I finally opened up the case on my computer and *looked* for my audio card; I figured that I might find the name of the manufacturer, go to the website, and get a download for this mysterious "PCI" company's audio driver. But, when I looked inside the case, I couldn't find a separate audio card. Then, it occurred to me that I had received a separate motherboard CD-ROM with my computer -- maybe the audio chipset is on the motherboard...! I read the documentation that came with my computer and, sure enough, my motherboard has an audio chip on it. Since my computer manufacturer was good enough to send me the CD-ROM containing the motherboard's drivers, I just put in the CD, installed the audio driver, and -- viola -- it works! The long and short of it is the following: PCI is not a company, after all; it's a kind of *bus architecture*. (Don't I feel silly...) So, if you have this problem, you (probably) need (1) to find out who manufactured your motherboard, and (2) go to their website to download the needed driver, or insist that your computer vendor provide you with the appropriate driver. (But first be sure that the software didn't come on a separate CD with your system, as mine did.) Hope this helps! Lots of luck, Jason

Whew! *sighs with relief* All I can say is, I'm very glad there are other people out there with the same problem as I have been having. I followed Jason's lead, had a look at my ATX mainboard manual and accompanying software, and - hey presto - suddenly found myself with a whole lot of new avenues rather than countless dead ends. Many thanks, Jason! Peter