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[SOLVED] No sound in Windows 98SE on Pentium 4 board?

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First post, by Cobra!

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Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I saw other driver related topics on here so figured this would fit. Feel free to move it if it doesn't.

I've had to do a clean install of Windows 98 due to a defective ram stick. I am able to reinstall most drivers but there is no sound no matter what I install.
The previous install had sound and a folder of drivers they used, which I recovered, but nothing for the board itself.

I think the board in question is an MSI 865PEM3-ILS based on what I can see, but the Windows 98 compatible drivers don't provide sound, and the sound driver installer isn't compatible.

In this drivers folder was the installer for the Unofficial Service Pack 3. Would that install the appropriate driver? What component would I select to do that?

How do I get sound working again?

Last edited by Cobra! on 2026-06-16, 23:11. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 2, by Repo Man11

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The driver provided on the RetroWeb is a WDM - usually those can work with Win98SE, but not always, and the .vxd driver is usually preferred for Windows 98 but they (Realtek) may not have had a .vxd driver for this. This package at the Internet Archive may do the trick: https://archive.org/details/Realtek_AC_97_Version_A3.45

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Reply 2 of 2, by Cobra!

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Installing that alongside the chipset driver from the retroweb page did the trick, thank you!

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