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Hi all,
My 2140 is listed on the HCL as being Win2K "compatible" (see
http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp?RLD=34 ).  In a fit of gullibilty I
blew away my Win98 installation and installed Win2K 2195 (120d version).
Fortunately I have the entire old setup on tape ...

On the positive front, everything appears to work fine with a few issues.
The main annoyance is a complete lack of sound functionality despite the
system having found and configured a sound card.

The audio hardware is an onboard Crystal Semiconduction unit, using Crystal
Semiconductor CS4236B and CS4610 chipsets.  A quick check of the Crystal
Site ( http://www.crystal.com ) shows that only ISA interfaced CS4236B cards
are supported and the OEM chipsets such as mine are not.

The IBM support site

http://www.pc.ibm.com/support?lang=en_US&brand=IBM%2BAptiva&page=brand&brand
=IBM+Aptiva%7CAptiva ) has absolutely no Win2000 support files or entries.
Also their proprietry support forum has no Win2000 / 2140 references.  They
were similary tardy regarding support for Win98, and as a business owner who
spends a significant amount on IBM products each year, I'm reassessing that
commitment

Anyway ...

Win2000 detects the chipset as a Crystal SoundFusion but on the PCI bus (as
you would expect for an on-board chipset).  The driver data and version used
is 18/11/99 ver 5.0.2184.1.  There are no apparent resource conflicts.

Does anyone have any knowedge of an updated driver, or work around?

I'll continue my efforts and post any progress I make.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Paul

Paul A. Louis
Omnix Systems Consulting.
Sydney Australia
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