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CPUs with the code names 'Barcelona', 'Agena FX', 'Agena' and 'Kuma', have all appeared within a supposed AMD leaked specification road-map. Barcelona is specified with the following: socket AM2+, quad core, 2MB L3 shared, and Hypertransport 3.0. Whilst Agena FX appears with a socket 1207+...

What motherboard do you have? If the sound chip is on the board, you should be able to download the correct drivers if you know what mobo you have!

There is a Company called Nortek who can crack the pass word, but you must send them the hard drive and it is very expensive, you could buy several hard drives for the price of recovery! http://www.nortek.on.ca/hdd_password.aspx

Hard disk password (HDP)—Protects the information on your drive from access by an unauthorized user. If you set an HDP, others cannot access the data on your hard disk without knowing the password, even if the drive is installed in another system. The HDP resides on the hard disk, in an area...

Just a guess, the motherboard battery could have went south (bad) on you,

Did you try this From Windows Help "Open Windows Explorer, and then locate the file or folder you want to take ownership of. Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab. Click the new owner, and then click OK."

PcChips Mobo sound PcChips does have sound drivers, you still haven't stated what PcChips motherboard you have, so whats the bios string? Here is the PcChips FTP site for sound: ftp://64.124.27.138/pcchips/Sound/ PcChips used CMedia sound chips in many of their boards! M5XX boards where all...