Old audio card in ISA slot doesn't work

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Primal Oooze

It works fine in WIN98 SE but not in newly installed XP. This card is a
dinosaur and there's no info for it on google. Is there a way to use the 98
drivers in XP?
 
You probably mean the soundcard. Some manufacturers have updated
drivers at their website for old soundcards. If you cannot find one for XP,
see if they have one for Windows2000 (2K), quite often they will work.
Win98 was DOS based and XP is not. Without more info on your soundcard,
info assistance will be very limited.
 
Byte said:
You probably mean the soundcard. Some manufacturers have updated
drivers at their website for old soundcards. If you cannot find one for XP,
see if they have one for Windows2000 (2K), quite often they will work.
Win98 was DOS based and XP is not. Without more info on your soundcard,
info assistance will be very limited.
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The card is a ESS audio drive 1688f.
I spent a couple more hours searching for drivers (this time with corrected
card info) and, although there are plenty for all other windows op systems,
there doesn't seem to be one for xp or 2000.
Last ditch, there is a function on xp that helps programs designed for other
os's to work with xp. I can't find it, but have heard about it. Any chance
that might work?
 
Primal said:
The card is a ESS audio drive 1688f.
I spent a couple more hours searching for drivers (this time with
corrected card info) and, although there are plenty for all other
windows op systems, there doesn't seem to be one for xp or 2000.
Last ditch, there is a function on xp that helps programs designed for
other os's to work with xp. I can't find it, but have heard about it.
Any chance that might work?
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You are thinking of Compatibility Mode and that is for programs, not
drivers. A PCI sound card can cost as little as $15usd. Just go buy a
new one and install it in place of the ISA card.

Malke
 
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