win98 and genius sound card drivers issue

seind

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Genius Live Maker, Win98SE

Formatted HDD and installed OS.
Windows detects hardware but when I point at the drivers it does not recognize them. Even downloaded latest from their website (a self-installed file) but still nothing. Also pointed at drivers of Creative but still nothing. (was this stubid btw?)
It seems that the drivers are installed, just the OS not communicating. Any way to check if they are?

Tyan 1857 (without audio) VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset with PIII500.
System was working fine before owner (my bro) decided to wipe out everything.

Thanx for your help.