Installing hardware in Windows 98 is a very simple process. First, you need to remove the cover to your computer, if the card is not already physically installed. Plug the card into an available expansion slot. Screw it in and replace the cover. Power on the computer and boot into Windows 98. A window should pop up, saying that it has found new hardware. Insert the disc that came with the hard drive, and tell it to search your CD-ROM for drivers. It should automatically find and install the appropriate drivers.
If you have lost your driver disk, you will need to find them online. They should be available at the manufacturer's website. Download the drivers, and tell the Hardware wizard to search the folder where you downloaded them. It should find them and install them automatically.
Download a driver for your sound card.
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.
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As long as the motherboard has an open pci slot, any sound card will fit. You might want to double check though before you buy the card to see if windows 98 drivers are there, otherwise you will put it in and it wont make any sound, and that's not good.
It is not possible to install Windows Media Player 10 on Windows 98. The last version that will work is version 9.
yes, you can use DVDs on Windows 98, hence why the install disk is on a CD
Windows 98 will detect that a card has been plugged in. Whether or not it can USE it depends on whether the card has Windows 98 drivers available, and if you have installed them correctly. Most wireless A, B, and G cards have Windows 98 drivers, but very few N cards do.
It is very easy to do this. The only thing you must remember is that you cannot install windows 98 from Windows XP environment. Either install 98 first and then XP or after installing XP reboot in DOS mode. The install will ask for the drive to install to when you do so?
check the sound card driver from device manager..
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No file is necessary from Matrox in order to upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows XP. If you have a video card made by Matrox, you may want to check their website for driver updates. This can be done after the install, and is not mandatory.