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unfortunately the driver:
"CT5880 Drivers"
made my sound disappear (just faint crackle and no other sound), so restored back.

I had better recap as I'm getting bit confused:
I have installed VIA4in1_MB
I have installed via_hyperionpro_v511a

Installation of Viasound75 (VIA_AC97_4150D) failed ...

thanks,

tried using drivers from your original post link.

lastst 4 in 1 installed fine.
Viasound would not install saying it could not find "any supported hardware"
I will try the link in you last post and see if this works.
many thanks

thanks again, have followed your link for files.
Link takes me to 1 file to update bios
and 3 driver files:
1 - For VT82C686A/.... Audio Driver
2 - All on-board Creative CT5880 chipset mainboards (optional)
3 - All VIA based chipset mainboard.

Just to clarify, should I update BIOS first, and then ...

thanks for that

Thanks for the replies.
OK, so now I'm nervous, is it worth me attempting a bios update? Is an update likely to repair sound issues or would I be better of buying a new PCI sound card and disable the integrated one . I'm not so bothered about USB issues as i have added USB 2.0 ports on a PCI card ...

Hi all, would appreciate a point in the right direction.
PC from Tiny and has intergrated sound. CAme with Windows ME, after upgrade to XP the USB freexes system when device is connected, and media player sound has bad crackle (for example, with visualizations in media player, when using Explorer ...