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by wcbanks

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I recently tried out a few media players, like REAL, and Musicmatch, none were to my liking, so I uninstalled them. One of them took with them my sound card, and the sound card can't be found in device managers, except in safe mode. I tried inserting Win98 disc, like I was prompted to, but it couldn't find a file called: serial.v?? It also took out my driver for the printer, but I was able to reinstall it. Is there any fix for this?

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by thechas

Is it a sound card? or on-board sound.

If it is a sound card, shut down the system and identify the mfg and model of the card or sound chip on the card.
Go to www.driverguide.com and use the tools to identify what driver you need.
Download the driver from the card or chip mfg website and install per the recomended procedure.

If on-board sound, you are best to get the driver from the system or motherboard mfg.
If you need help identifying who made the motherboard, go to www.motherboards.org

You may also need to re-install the PCI bus driver for your motherboard.

Chas

by cnlson

pull the ghost in safe mode and see if it is redected in windows.
otherwise what is the ghost listed in safe mode and perhaps the driver has a un/reinstall which will cause the hardware to show up again

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