That's sad, I did not know motherboards themselves needed OS drivers as well.... I thought it was just the problem of the onboard sound chip having no drivers. Oh well in that case what earlier Asus motherboard can I get, to put these other parts together ? Rather what Intel chipset still supports 9x ? Anyway I just found out just now, about Motherboards needing drivers as well, I guess I still have a long way to go. thanks anyway.