Help save my son's computer

[Newbie64]

:oops:
Having half a brain is more dangerous than none at all. I recently
read an article in regards to limited internet access and the
potential for a virus to be infecting the drivers which was a problem
I was having on my son's computer. I inadvertently 'lost' the whole
driver folder and subsequently lost most of his computer. I've
managed to regain most of it but am still unable to regain audio and
use of the USB ports. I've removed the internet card and will try
to re-install that once I recover the rest of the system. So here's
what I'm working with and what I've tried. Anything anyone out there
can do to help will be awesome.

The motherboard is a Soyo SY-7VCA, I've been to the websites and have
all the 'drivers' but when I point the system in that direction it
doesn't see them for what they are. I've tried to restore to a
previous save point but it won't move backwards from today's date.
Under the System, I'm currently looking at "PCI-Multimedia Audio
Device !" under "Other devices" and "3038 PCI to Universal Host
Controller" (2 times because there are 2 USB ports I guess) under the
USB Host controller section. I've 'removed" them and 'refreshed' them
and pointed the system to the right files I have on disk
(hotplug.dll, usbd.sys, among others) but the errors still prevail.
The operating system is Windows ME and before I pulled the bonehead
maneuver of the year it was all working okay except for the selective
internet intermittent problem. I realize this is and older system and
an older operating system but for my 12 year old son it's the whole
world and I'd prefer not to trash the system because of my stupidity.
Thanks for any help out there.
Mark

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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:31:53 GMT,
newbie64@mchsi-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Newbie64) wrote:
:oops:Having half a brain is more dangerous than none at all. I recentlyread an article in regards to limited internet access and thepotential for a virus to be infecting the drivers which was a problemI was having on my son's computer. I inadvertently 'lost' the wholedriver folder and subsequently lost most of his computer. I'vemanaged to regain most of it but am still unable to regain audio anduse of the USB ports. I've removed the internet card and will tryto re-install that once I recover the rest of the system. So here'swhat I'm working with and what I've tried. Anything anyone out therecan do to help will be awesome.The motherboard is a Soyo SY-7VCA, I've been to the websites and haveall the 'drivers' but when I point the system in that direction itdoesn't see them for what they are. I've tried to restore to aprevious save point but it won't move backwards from today's date.Under the System, I'm currently looking at "PCI-Multimedia AudioDevice !" under "Other devices" and "3038 PCI to Universal HostController" (2 times because there are 2 USB ports I guess) under theUSB Host controller section. I've 'removed" them and 'refreshed' themand pointed the system to the right files I have on disk(hotplug.dll, usbd.sys, among others) but the errors still prevail.The operating system is Windows ME and before I pulled the boneheadmaneuver of the year it was all working okay except for the selectiveinternet intermittent problem. I realize this is and older system andan older operating system but for my 12 year old son it's the wholeworld and I'd prefer not to trash the system because of my stupidity. Thanks for any help out there.Mark

While it's long, long time since I did anything serious in Win9x, and
I never worked with ME, so I could be dead wrong... Could it be that
the system is looking for .inf files or something to that extent to
figure out what drivers needed for the particular device(s)? IIRC
when you are downloading 9x drivers from manufacturer's sites, you get
both .inf and .dll zipped together. Anyway, try to figure out who
made your sound card and what model it is, hopefully they are still in
business and post their drivers for dl. Or maybe someone else has
them posted. If USB controller is on a separate card, also try to
figure out who made it, and dl from there. If it is on the
motherboard, search SOYO site.
Good luck.
NNN