>>>>The AC97 device sounds like the mo-bo built-in one. What do you get if you >>>>enter $ ls /dev/dsp* I get /dev/dsp I agree; the AC97 does sound like the mobo one. This implies -- to me, anyway -- that the configuration setup isn't seeing the creative labs card. Which is OK, do you think the mobo one could be coerced into playing pskmail ok? 73 de KY1T