Back home, Elara slid the card into an empty PCI slot. The PC booted with a reassuring beep. But in Windows 98, a yellow exclamation mark appeared. The label read: HSP56 PCI Audio Device . No driver.

: Drivers are prone to corruption and may suddenly stop working. Users often encounter "Unimodem" sound errors, where the system incorrectly tries to play audio through the modem's tiny internal speaker rather than the actual sound outputs.