On 12 Feb 2007 06:59:20 -0800, "Dan" <makundi@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Feb 12, 5:13 pm, "meerkat" <x...@xxxx.com> wrote:
>> "Dan" <maku...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1171288651.377581.128000@l53g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...>I recently did a clean-install of Win98 on a Compaq Pentium II. It has
>> > a PCI sound card on one of the expansion slots. The onboard chip has
>> > "Crystal" written on it, so I figured the card must be Crystal.
>> > Windows, however, failed to locate its drivers. When I picked a
>> > Crystal driver from the list, the hardware wizard warns me that the
>> > driver was not specifically written for this hardware, should I
>> > continue? Yes. It installs, but the little speaker doesn't appear on
>> > the system tray.
>> > When I installed Win2K (for dual-boot) it detected the card driver and
>> > it works fine (almost, anyway, because there is a minor problem that I
>> > think is inherent for MP3 playback on Compaq boxes, but that shall be
>> > a subject of another post). Can someone tell me how to install the
>> > card on Win98? I'm (almost) sure Windows has the driver for the
>> > crystal card, I don't know why it doesn't install it when detected.
>>
>> http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/companies/236.htm
>>
>> Gives a list of all Compaq drivers.
>> But you could try..
>> Delete audio drivers on the Win98.
>> Restart the Win98, and feed it the 2K disk to find
>> the drivers you need
>
>Thanks, but I doubt if this use of 2k disk for 98 driver would work.
>Sounds kind of like trying to fit a truck wheel into a bicycle.

The sound card's chip (peel back the sticker if there is one
on it) markings should tell you what it is, then go to the
site Paul linked to get the driver.

A Win2k driver isn't much different than a WDM, Win98SE
driver. Some cards also have an alternate VXD type driver
that will work on Win98, also supporting Win95.