yes. yes.
If you are referring to the Jetway N68M motherboard, look at the related link for the drivers for the Via audio drivers for Windows 8.
Because you need to install a driver for the internal sound car. Check the motherboard manufacture website for new drivers. If I don't know what card I have, or where it's located, how do I know which driver to install?
You need to install driver for your sound card.
You should install the driver for your sound card.
You can go to the manufacturer's website and look up drivers for your specific computer model. Download and install the audio drivers. If the sound is built-in to the motherboard, the audio driver may be within a chipset/motherboard driver.
You need to install a sound card driver which you can find on the motherboard/computer manufacture website.
You have not mentioned your laptop model. Most likely your sound card is not supported by Windows 98. You must have got the Motherboard CD when at the time of purchasing. Try to find the sound driver from that CD. However there is more chance that you will not find the driver for windows 98 in CD. I will suggest you to find it from internet or again install Windows XP. Note from the asker: It is a Dell Latitude designed for Windows XP Home.
Windows Vista has a different sound than Windows XP. If you don't hear any sound at all, you may need to reinstall your audio driver.
You need to install driver for your sound card.
C Media- 9738 =AC 97 will be suitable for this system.......
You need to find vista compatible driver for you sound card. Try first the motherboard manufacture website. If it did not work use google.
Because Windows 7 does not support your sound card. Try to find drivers for your sound card compatible with vista (x32 or x64 depending what you have). And install the driver for Vista. You can choose compatibility mode to the driver too.