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Please Note
ESS Technology manufactures only the audio or modem chip(s) used by the manufacturer of your sound or modem card. You should always use the latest driver from that manufacturer. ESS Technology provides the generic drivers at this site just in case you are unable to contact the manufacturer of your specific board. Although these drivers should work in all implementations, ESS Technology cannot guarantee their operability with any specific card. If you need help in determining your card’s manufacturer, please read our FAQ.

Audio

ISA AudioDrive

DOS setup utility for ISA AudioDrive™ and ES1938/ES1946

  OS/2 Windows 3.11 Windows 95/98/98SE Windows 2000/Me/XP Windows NT4.0
(see note 3)
ES488 N/A v4.16.32 See Note. See Note. N/A
ES688 206A v4.16.90 688_v1087 See Note. NT20011
ES1488 103A v4.16.74 1488_v1087 See Note. N/A
ES1688 208A v4.16.32 1688_v1087 See Note. NT20011
ES1788 203A v4.16.43 1788_v1087 See Note. NT20011
ES1868 215A v4.16.53 1868_v1207 See Note. NT20124
ES1869 215A v4.17.07 1869_v1317 See Note. NT20124
ES1878 215A v4.16.46 1878_v1204 See Note. NT20124
ES1879 215A v4.17.09 1879_v1327 See Note. NT20124
ES1887 202P v4.16.38 1887_v1202 See Note. NT20124
ES1888 103 v4.16.43 1888_v1202 See Note. NT20124
ES1898 N/A N/A 1898_v1316 See Note. N/A

Note: Windows installation CD has built-in support for this audio device. ESS did not and will not release separate ISA audio WDM driver for this device. Windows Me users may try VXD audio driver for Windows 95/98/98SE. See FAQ for installation information.

ESS ISA (& PCI) AudioDrive Driver from Windows installation CD are grouped here if needed:
Windows95, Window 98, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP

PCI AudioDrive

  OS/2 Windows 3.11 Windows 95/98 Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows NT4.0
(see note 3)
Windows 2000 Windows XP
ES1938/ES1946
(ES1969)
v1.17 v4.17.24 v1164 v3047 v3047 v4.3.5033 v3047 v3055
ES1948 Maestro-1 N/A N/A v1100 v1100 N/A v4.00.04 N/A N/A
ES1968 Maestro-2 N/A N/A v0293 v0293 v0293 v4.02.82 v2016 N/A
ES1978 Maestro-2E N/A N/A v4056 v2046 v2062 v4.02.82 v2077 v2080
ES1980 Maestro-3 N/A N/A v7129 v1136 v1136 v4.3.3077 v1166 v1166
ES1988 Allegro N/A N/A v7130 v1167 v1167 v4.3.3077 v1167 v1167
ES1989 Allegro/ ES1930 v2.00 N/A v7130 v1136 v1136 v4.3.3077 v1167 v1167
ES1970 Canyon3D N/A N/A See Note 1 See Note 1 See Note 1 See Note 1 See Note 1 See Note 2
ES1992/1990
Canyon3D-2
N/A
N/A
See Note 1 See Note 1 See Note 1 See Note 1 See Note 1 See Note 1

Note: 1. Please contact your board manufacturer for the correct driver.
  2. WinXP - Windows XP should have built-in support.
  3. Since NT4.0 is not Plug and Play operation system, our generic driver may not work on custom hardware. Please contact your board manufacturer for the correct driver.

PCI Audio/Modem Combo Device (Identification Instructions)

  Windows 95/98 Windows
98SE
Windows
ME
Windows NT4.0
(see note 3)
Windows
2000
Windows
XP
Allegro.comm
ES1988 Allegro audio + ES56CVM-PI modem
7130h029 1159h058
(v.92)
1159h058
(v.92)
4377h058
(v.92)
1159h058
(v.92)
1159h058
(v.92)
Maestro3.comm
ES1980 Maestro-3 Audio + ES56CVM-PI Modem
7129h029 1136h048 1136h048 4377h056 1136h048 1166h062
(v.92)
Maestro-2EM
ES1978MS audio +
ES56CVH-PI Modem
(ES56CVH-PI)
0556h018 h048 h048 40249h048 h048 h048

Modems

 
ESS PCI
Modem
Windows
95/98
Windows
98SE
Windows
ME
Windows
NT4.0
(see note 3)
Windows
2000
Windows
XP
ES2838/ES2839
SuperLink-M ES56H-PI
(ES56STH-PI)
W95_038 SE_064(v.92) Me_061(v.92) NT4_061(v.92) 2K_064(v.92) XP_064(v.92)
ES2898/ES2828
ES56T-PI
(ES56-PI/ES56V-PI)
W95_033 SE_051 Me_051 NT4_041 2K_051 XP_052