Okay, so I made a few dumb mistakes with my mom's PC. The thing is a Compaq Presario 7000 with Windows ME, and it was falling apart inside. All kinds of stupid errors, and IE crashing and such. So, I figured: "No problem, jsut format the HD and reinstall." However, they didn't have an ME disk, but a friend had a Win 98 SE disk, so I used that.

Mistake one: Installing an older OS on the dumb thing.

Mistake two: Not checking to see if they kept the driver CDs BEFORE formating...

After a LONG time, and LOTS of trouble, I got the dang OS installed, and the computer up-and-runing...sorta... The Sound card, Vid card, Modem, USB ports, etc had no dirvers. And there were no CDs to be found... So, again, after much trouble, I got the Vid card, Modem, and a few other things working.

However, here's my problem: I don't know what kind of sound card I have in there. It may be an old ESS thing, but I'm not sure. Secondly, I can't get the USB ports to work. I've checked all kinds of driver sites and such, but none of the downloads I have gotten have helped. Am I missing something, or what?

So, can anyone help me here? I need to find the type of sound card and get drivers for it, as well as get the USB ports to work.

Thanks gentlemen!