Sound Driver Problem

I am having huge problems trying to get sound onto my PC would anyone out there be able to give me advice on what to do with the information supplied ... hoping?

Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222A (Win98 SE)
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE
OS Service Pack -
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+
Motherboard Name Albatron KM18G Pro (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 IGP
System Memory 480 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (03/17/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
3D Accelerator nVIDIA nForce2
Monitor Default Monitor (TGMN92110709)
Monitor PBN 3017 [NoDB] (TGMN92110709)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Game Compatible Device
Audio Adapter Voice Modem Wave #00 Line

Storage:
IDE Controller Primary IDE controller (single fifo)
IDE Controller Secondary IDE controller (single fifo)
IDE Controller Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK
Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47
Optical Drive LITE-ON COMBO LTC-48161H (DVD:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

[ BIOS ]

BIOS Properties:
Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version 6.00 PG
Release Date 03/17/2003
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB

Motherboard Properties:
Product nVidia-nForce
[ Processors / AMD Athlon(tm) XP ]
Processor Properties:
Manufacturer AMD
Version AMD Athlon(tm) XP
External Clock 133 MHz
Current Clock 1666 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 1.5 V
Status Enabled
Upgrade ZIF
Socket Designation Socket A

[ Memory Modules / A0 ]

CPU Properties:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP 2000+
CPU Alias Thoroughbred-B
CPU Stepping B0
CPUID CPU Name AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
CPUID Revision 00000681h
[ AGP 4x: nVIDIA nForce2 Integrated GeForce4 MX ]
Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter nVIDIA nForce2 Integrated GeForce4 MX
GPU Code Name Crush17
PCI Device 10DE / 01F0
Transistors 29 million
Process Technology 0.15u
Bus Type AGP 4x @ 4x
GPU Clock 199 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 350 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 2
TMU Per Pipeline 2
Vertex Shaders Not Supported
Pixel Shaders 1 (v0.5)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v7.0
Pixel Fillrate 398 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 796 MTexel/s

Graphics Processor Manufacturer:
Company Name NVIDIA Corporation
--------[ Windows Audio ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

midi-in.0 0001 0067 NVIDIA(R) MIDI UART
midi-out.0 0001 0066 NVIDIA(R) MIDI UART
wave-in.0 0001 005A Game Compatible Device
wave-in.1 0001 0050 Voice Modem Wave #00 Line
wave-out.0 0001 0059 Game Compatible Device
wave-out.1 0001 0051 Voice Modem Wave #00 Line

[ Primary Sound Driver ]
DirectSound Device Properties:
Device Description Primary Sound Driver
Driver Module
Primary Buffers 0
Min / Max Secondary Buffers Sample Rate 0 / 0 Hz
Primary Buffers Sound Formats None
Secondary Buffers Sound Formats None
Total / Free Sound Buffers 0 / 0
Total / Free Static Sound Buffers 0 / 0
Total / Free Streaming Sound Buffers 0 / 0
Total / Free 3D Sound Buffers 0 / 0
Total / Free 3D Static Sound Buffers 0 / 0
Total / Free 3D Streaming Sound Buffers 0 / 0

DirectSound Device Features:
Certified Driver No
Emulated Device No
Precise Sample Rate Not Supported
DirectSound3D Not Supported
Creative EAX 1.0 Not Supported
Creative EAX 2.0 Not Supported
Creative EAX 3.0 Not Supported

[ Game Compatible Device (emulated) ]

DirectSound Device Properties:
Device Description Game Compatible Device (emulated)

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[bigal]

You are using the rear speaker ports, right? This motherboard also has front audio header, and that might disable the rear ports. Pull the front audio cable if you are using it, and see if the rear audio header is working. Make sure you have loaded all the chipset drivers that came with the motherboard CD. Look for updates on the motherboard web site: http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/i....asp?pro_id=49

Try plugging in only the front speakers (green port) to see if any sound comes out. Make sure you are using speakers that are known to work by trying them with another computer first.

bigal

[unholy]

Also make sure Sound is Enabled in BIOS, and that you have installed the drivers for the sound card.

unholy