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Need drivers for a rare Biostar motherboard M5ALC

I am searching for drivers for the onboard sound component of of an apparently rare biostar M5ALC motherboard.  I searched a number of the prominent driver download sites but can only find a bios driver for this board.  Driver Guide . Com has bios drivers for it and the Biostar website does not list this as a legacy board allthough several sites attribute this board to biostar.  Does anyone know which driver I can use for the onboard sound component of this old board.  Thanks in advance,
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From what I gather, it is an ESS sound chip on the integrated audio on that board.
What OS is this for?  
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Thanks for the quick reply.  I should have mentioned above that I am looking for the Windows 98 driver.  
BBG, I am going to examine the drivers in your link and post back.
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You should also examine the board. If it uses a ESS sound chip, you'll see a chip labelled ESS, along with the chip type, which can make it easier to find the correct driver. Other common soundchips would be "opti* chips.
Thank you much.    : )