"kj6ko" <> wrote in message
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> I have a professional series Gateway 733 PIII that has had XP re-loaded
> on it and it aparently has the wrong driver for the ESS 1969 PCi
> Audiodrive Audio board as it shows nothing in the incoming audio control
> or driver section. The Line In and MIC inputs have NO controls. I have
> seen this exact problem with other Gateways on another forum, but it was
> an old post and the Japanese site that was listed for the driver is no
> longer. The Gateway site is no help and NO, I don't have the original
> disk for the PC. The driver update just loads a newer version of the
> one that doesn't work, and still doesn't work. The "Line In" works, but
> I have NO control over it.
> In Control Panel under Sounds and Audio Devices, under Audio, there
> is NOTHING listed under "Line In" default device and nothing avail in
> the pull down. Playback shows the ESS 1969.
>
> Any help??
>
> Thanks...
> 

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>
Try this and see if it's the one you need:
http://www.updrivers.com/drivers/Sou..._XP/20101.html
Watch which Download button you press. The one you want is about 2/3 of the
way down the page. (I hate false D/L buttons.)
--
SC Tom