Sounds like the OP has the same problem I did. Use wdm divers. Stay away from liveware CD's and vxd drivers in general.
swaaye wrote:Liveware 3 is probably the best driver for 98SE. /books?id=tKO-truWww8C&lpg=PA246&dq=liveware%20live&pg=PA246#v=onepage&q&f=false[/url]
I disagree (unless you have an older mobo with proper nmi-ddma handling, but problems can still happen). Don't get me wrong, I think it's the best thing to have these older CD's and documents around.
In case the OP or anyone else is still having problems, look at this thread: How to get Sound Blaster Emulation in Win9X/ME via live!5.1 with newer-current mobo's (no nmi-ddma). These are wdm drivers which are very stable, modern, and underrated compared to the liveware (vxd) drivers. Very similar to 2000/XP drivers (they don't litter the device manager with needless devices). But the coolest thing is the Sound Blaster Pro emulation for Dos games inside Windows 9x; no need for nmi-ddma mobo, no SET BLASTER line required, no TSR's or emm386 needed while loading 98; and midi with custom soundfonts work for Dos games too. Work with ME too with same results. Also, you can use the old audiohq, surround mixer-speaker setup from older liveware cd (they're lightweight vs the newer versions that released during wdm drivers). Don't remember the infamous Duke3D crashes in sewers with these either (unlike the sb16 emulation from liveware drivers).
EDIT:
Vxd drivers from liveware CD's are in fact better (purely hardware based low level driver). Take back what I said. WDM drivers however, do work wonders for those that don't have nmi-ddma capable mobos (or some other sb16 emulation problem).