Well, my sound doesn't work. I checked the device manager and it says the sound card is working properly. I checked the sounds and multi media and looked up devices. It said for the audio "...Driver is enabled but inactive due to unknown problem..." Should I remove the device? If I do will windows reinstall it? Please help! Amy

Yes Yes, if it is not broken.

Amy Did you try reinstalling the Soundcard drivers as JackG suggested? Bill. I'm ok.

Yes, I reinstalled the sound card, nothing. Should I delete the devices in sound and mutimedia. And yes, I updated the driver online, no luck. Should I follow this advice I found on an old forum Name: Sandy Date: January 02, 2003 at 23:35:50 Pacific Subject: No Sound Reply: I think I know what you need to do. I've been researching this same problem for days and I finally found the answer in another page in this forum. Click on Start/Run, type msconfig then enter. Select the Tab that says System.ini. Highlight the 'Boot' section and click the new button. Add the line: drivers=mmsystem.dll Reboot your system and if you have the correct drivers for WinME, it should work. I was just about to give up when I tried this. I hope this helps. I was so glad to finally find the answer, I just wanted to pass it on. Please Help! Amy

Amy That's pretty good advice from Sandy, the line : drivers=mmsystem.dll may do the trick by itself. Check the following entries are also there under [boot] system.drv=system.drv sound.drv=mmsound.drv And, under [drivers] wave=mmsystem.dll midi=mmsystem.dll So, modify your system.ini, reboot and let us know. Bill. I'm ok.

Sandy, I want to personally thank you for that solution to the "DRIVER IS ENABLED BUT INACTIVE DUE TO AN UNKOWN PROBLEM" I added drivers=mmsystem.dll to the system.ini file and windows 98 se now gives me sound through my Ensoniq pci sound card. THANKS!

I tried this and made it worse. My mouse would not even work after adding the line. I have the exact same problem with the sound. What did i do wrong?