Alright....the mother board is p4p800-mx ...the following link;
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
is for the drivers...i downloaded the xp drivers into one folder and double clicked on the first file...it is corrupt...so...any idea's or links to where I can get the drivers for the onboard sound??
(apologies for not having the name of the motherboard...)
oh and also, this is the "documented" error that was sent to my temp folder...if it may help...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="SoundMAX.part1.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="SoundMAX.part1.exe" SIZE="12582912" CHECKSUM="0x5B7268C6" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" LINK_DATE="01/22/2004 13:36:06" UPTO_LINK_DATE="01/22/2004 13:36:06" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="USER32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="user32.dll" SIZE="561152" CHECKSUM="0xFC954658" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1634" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1634" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1634" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows XP USER API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1634 (xpsp2.050301-1526)" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="user32" INTERNAL_NAME="user32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x90EFC" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1634" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1634" LINK_DATE="03/02/2005 18:20:03" UPTO_LINK_DATE="03/02/2005 18:20:03" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="928768" CHECKSUM="0xC1B9AD9B" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1869" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1869" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1869" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1869 (xpsp2.060704-0019)" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xE5832" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.1869" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.1869" LINK_DATE="07/05/2006 10:46:36" UPTO_LINK_DATE="07/05/2006 10:46:36" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>
Thanks for any effort in helping me!
mike