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Old June 14th 04, 02:46 AM
C Flora
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I haven't used a computer for awhile, had it unplugged.
Went to set it up for son to use for games and it said it
discovered new hardware! AC 5618 sound modem or
something like that and to reinstall the driver. I
cannot find my windows 98 disk anywhere, tried going to
microsoft for download, can't figure out what I
need...son is driving me crazy, wants to play games, but
no fun with no sound...any suggestions? thank you
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Old June 14th 04, 03:47 AM
Richard Goh
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You don't need the W98 disk. What you need is a disk with the
driver software.
Here is a site where you can download this driver software
http://www.modem-drivers.com/companies/24.htm

Note this a combination sound card - modem card.

You might also look on your C drive for a folder with a copy of the W98 CD.
The files in this folder will look like Win98xx.cab, where xx are numbers
from 01 through the 60's.
Start looking by looking for a folder C:\windows\Options\cabs as this is the
most common place for pre-installed windows disks to be copied.

"C Flora" wrote in message
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I haven't used a computer for awhile, had it unplugged.
Went to set it up for son to use for games and it said it
discovered new hardware! AC 5618 sound modem or
something like that and to reinstall the driver. I
cannot find my windows 98 disk anywhere, tried going to
microsoft for download, can't figure out what I
need...son is driving me crazy, wants to play games, but
no fun with no sound...any suggestions? thank you



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Old June 14th 04, 05:38 AM
Bill Watt
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 18:46:31 -0700, "C Flora"
wrote:

I haven't used a computer for awhile, had it unplugged.
Went to set it up for son to use for games and it said it
discovered new hardware! AC 5618 sound modem or
something like that and to reinstall the driver. I
cannot find my windows 98 disk anywhere, tried going to
microsoft for download, can't figure out what I
need...son is driving me crazy, wants to play games, but
no fun with no sound...any suggestions? thank you


Sometimes when you are asked where the driver is you can point to:
C:\WINDOWS\INF or C:\Windows\system and it will be found.

Otherwise see if you have the Win98 CAB files on your HD as Richard
suggested. Search for BASE4.CAB. If found it will be in a folder
with dozens of CAB files. Point to that folder when you are asked
for the CD. Setup.exe will probably be in the folder and that means
you can install Win 98 from the folder.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

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Old June 14th 04, 03:03 PM
Eric
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If none of the advice you've been given works, try eBay for
an OEM CD of Windows 98.

And remember that its a good idea to copy the contents of
the CD to a different partition or an additional hard drive.

Hard drives are very cheap. Installing a second drive as a
backup drive is a good idea. You can then use the free
XXCopy from http://www.xxcopy.com/ to clone the system to a
different partition on the same hard drive or to a second
hard drive.

You just install XXCOPY and then enter the command xxcopy
c:\*.* D: /clone to clone the system to the second hard
drive, which is D: but could be given another letter
depending on the partitions and drives that are on the
system. The second drive is D: on my Windows 98 system.

The clone is bootable, which means that if you change the
boot order in the BIOS to make the second hard drive the
boot drive, the system will boot, because the D: drive
becomes the C: drive.

Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/

-----Original Message-----
You don't need the W98 disk. What you need is a disk with the
driver software.
Here is a site where you can download this driver software
http://www.modem-drivers.com/companies/24.htm

Note this a combination sound card - modem card.

You might also look on your C drive for a folder with a

copy of the W98 CD.
The files in this folder will look like Win98xx.cab, where

xx are numbers
from 01 through the 60's.
Start looking by looking for a folder

C:\windows\Options\cabs as this is the
most common place for pre-installed windows disks to be

copied.

"C Flora" wrote in

message
...
I haven't used a computer for awhile, had it unplugged.
Went to set it up for son to use for games and it said it
discovered new hardware! AC 5618 sound modem or
something like that and to reinstall the driver. I
cannot find my windows 98 disk anywhere, tried going to
microsoft for download, can't figure out what I
need...son is driving me crazy, wants to play games, but
no fun with no sound...any suggestions? thank you



.

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Old June 14th 04, 09:33 PM
ppoatt
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It is an"Action Media" Modem driver. As far as I see it
is made by "PCTel".
Go to: http://www.driverguide.com/
You will need to register. It is free and they do not send
any spam.
Once registered go to:
http://list.driverguide.com/list/company24/index.html
Or do a search for AC 5618 in their search.
Good Luck!
-----Original Message-----
I haven't used a computer for awhile, had it unplugged.
Went to set it up for son to use for games and it said it
discovered new hardware! AC 5618 sound modem or
something like that and to reinstall the driver. I
cannot find my windows 98 disk anywhere, tried going to
microsoft for download, can't figure out what I
need...son is driving me crazy, wants to play games, but
no fun with no sound...any suggestions? thank you
.

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Old June 14th 04, 10:07 PM
granny
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I am having a slighly different problem. I have W98, and
my CD/DVD player is no longer available. I put in DVD
and it won't play? Is there a folder or such I can
look in? Thanks in advance...is driving me NUTS!!!
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Old June 14th 04, 10:17 PM
ppoatt
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Granny,
You should have made this a NEW post.
Not a REPLY to a simular post. You will get more success
in getting an answer to your problem that way.
But to your problem.
Open Device Manager. Through Control Panel/System/Device
Manager tab. See if the DVD drive is listed and if there
is any yellow marks in front of it. If you have the Driver
CD for it? You may try to remove it from Device Manager
list and reboot PC let Windows find it and then direct the
driver request to the CD.
-----Original Message-----
I am having a slighly different problem. I have W98,

and
my CD/DVD player is no longer available. I put in DVD
and it won't play? Is there a folder or such I can
look in? Thanks in advance...is driving me NUTS!!!
.

 




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