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Drivers wanted for old Sound Card!!!

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by jpt 1 view

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Hello,

I have soundcard for a Pentium II 233. I've installed Windows 2000 on this computer and for some reason the sound stopped working. As far as I know the sound did work on this computer for a couple of days.

The specs for the card are:Expercolor MED3931 Ver 2.0. FCC ID: LUT-MED3931

I've tried looking everywhere and can't seem to find a driver that will work. I've been on sites that say there are no drivers for this sound card working under Windows 2000, but I was hoping that someone might be able to help me out.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

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by jpt

Yeah, you are correct. It wasn't the answer I was looking for, but I thank you for the proof I didn't want to find.

by jwpluto

Curious that you say you think it was working for a little while. If that's the case, it might not be a driver problem. I test drivers of all kinds for a living and if it worked at all, it's unusual, but possible, that the driver won't do its thing.Might try checking for hardware conflicts. Sound card conflicts are common.

If you really think it's a driver problem and you haven't tried their NT4.0 driver, it may work.

Go to:
http://www.dataexpert.com.tw/service/

click on "English" and head to their drivers link. You model is listed but not specifically a Win2k driver there. If they don't have one, there most likely isn't one.
Another try, the industry has been following informal standards and many mfg's will build sound cards to emulate SoundBlaster. You might try a SoundBlaster 16 driver, which is one of their earlier cards. Don't suggest trying newer models if your card is like 4 yrs old or older.

Even the mfg. web doesn't show a Win2k driver, which, unfortunately,is too common of a problem with Win2k. Quite a few companies haven't gotten behind this version of Windows.

Is this a special card? I've never seen these but sound cards aren't too expensive if you can replace it.

Sorry can't be more helpful.

by jpt

They haven't released a driver for this card. Answer 1 was the proof I needed, but didn't want to know. Your answer is similar to answer number 1.

by jonwalland

Have you tried "Drivers.com" I've found drivers for VERY old sound cards there and found the responce to demand very quick when serching for older drivers, Like replies within minutes for sought drivers
jonwalland

by jpt

Tried there and was unsuccessful. Thanks anyways for your answer.

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