I have tried that and it did not work. Friday before I left I think I discovered what I need to do, but I'm not sure of where they need to be. I think the problem was when I downloaded the drivers...

the ASI driver is the soundmax integrated digital audio. That was what I downloaded from dell.

have a Dell Dimension 3000 and have been working for weeks on trying to get my sound back. My "fine details" follow at the end of my message. I get the yellow exclamation marks and the dreaded code...