Well, it sounds like everything is loading correctly so I suspect a possible problem with the card. Do you use this card in other O.S.s? Are you sure your cards speaker is working also? As you can tell, I'm grabbing at straws here! 'grin' Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061