Hi Thomas. I can not read your f1 and f2 files as aom will not open, it closes after i close the notice about the sound, so i do not know how to follow any manual advice instructions.. Looking at my sound devices section on controls i see realtek hdmi output, realtek digital output and realtek high def. audio. In order to help you see what is installed with this totally new sytem its a m9500f Hewlett Packard. x4 9750 Quad-core processor. 8 gb, 750 gb harddrive. -David

Hi Thomas. I reopened my old computer and got the name of the old music card, its realtek ac97. I went to cnet and downloaded the driver, then extracted it. After i did that i do not know what to do next (or where it went, tho i do see all the files for it when it search it by name. ), its not showing as an active soundcard, i guess i just don’t get this portion. maybe someone with windows vista can walk me thru the steps of a sound driver that works for them. I also am in the dark on soundcard versus driver. Do i need both, or just the driver, ??? i have prefecty good sound systemsi n this machine, after all its three times the machine as my little one was. Dave.