Wall I guess that's just good old fashion horse-sense. (cat sense ;). Being away from the net is not an option for me for very long but I guess that I'll have to do this some night soon. I was hoping...

Yes mother board chipset installation is part of the Dell Win 2k re-installation process, from the Dell drivers CD. I have reinstalled Win 2k in the past when bad-ware invaded and never had a problem...

Thanks Cat - Done!
See new thread: "There are no active mixer devices available"

Help! - volume controls are gone, obnoxios tones resound where audio should be heard and "There are no active mixer devices available." is the message when attempting to open the volume control on...

DMR:

I would love to comply with your wish but alas I find it difficult to understand just how to create a new thread ... any helpful direction from you or anyone else has would be greatly...

I am having the same problem "no active mixer devices". Have re-installed my Crystal Audio drivers on my Dell laptop many many times (sometimes that fixes it for a little while). Have also...