Lamphead Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 My problem is a bit odd and complicated. I decided to check Windows Update back in August, and I found an audio driver update. Not realizing it needed a Windows 98 disk, I clicked Install anyways, I'm not very computer literate :( Anyways, I didn't have the disk; it was in my brother's house, so I just cancelled the installation. When I rebooted my computer, it seemed that my audio driver had been uninstalled or something, and my VIA PCI audio controller and VIA gameport Joystick were missing. So I re-installed my old audio driver, and everything was working fine. However, whenever I try playing Counter-Strike the game freezes when I reach the beginning menu. When I try disabling my audio controller Counter-Strike works like a charm, except without sound :( When I got hold of the 98 disk and updated it it still didn't work. Does anyone know what might have happened when I tried to install the driver update and what I could do to fix my problem? Any help would be appreciated; as I said I'm not very computer literate and pretty much don't know anything about computer :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Uninstall the audio driver you have now, and re-install the one that came with it originally.Also you may want to try re-installing Half-Life and Counter Strike, but do the above first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamphead Posted September 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 I've already tried both but to no success. Thanks for the input though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamphead Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 In addition, when I used Windows update, it gave me a driver that didn't even work on my computer :/ Anyways, I pulled out my ABIT CD and tried re-installing my driver but to no success. Sound works but Counter-Strike doesn't. The driver's name was the VIA PCI Audio driver 1.08, which I'm sure is outdated. Could this be the problem. Also, there are three other options in the driver section to install on the disk; VIA service pack 4.16, Flash Utility, and the IDE HDD Low Level Format Utility. Should I re-install these? I'm not sure what I should do, a cousin did most of the installation for me the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Is it onboard sound? What is the name of it? You said 'VIA PCI audio controller and VIA gameport Joystick' does it have a model number?Uninstall and reinstall everything to do with sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamphead Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 I can't seem to find my model number but the install disk seems to be labeled VA-1.10E. As for re-installing everything assosiated with audio, will reinstalling everyting on my ABIT installition CD suffice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Just install everything from your original CD. I recomend not installing drivers suggested by windows update, if you think you need new drivers, go to the manufacturer's website and get them from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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