Why onboard C-Media CMI9880 audio codec chip or Realtek ALC 880 audio codec chip does not support Microsoft Windows 98SE /Me?
The Microsoft UAA (Universal Audio Architecture) bus driver provides support for Intel high definition audio (Azalia). This driver is designed to work with the following versions of Windows: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) Microsoft Windows Server 2003