no sound watsoever

i just reinstall windows xp and when i tried to install realtek ac'97 driver, the computer just shuts itself down and restart. when it opens again it says the computer just recovered from a serious error

here's my spec
asus p4vp pentium 4 2.0ghz
ram 1 gb
i dun think i hav any sound card


pleeeeaase help. i cant live w/o music !~!
thx alot

 

Did you reinstall chipset drivers before installing any other drivers?

 

wats a chipset driver ?
can u tell me more about it ?
thx

 

Basically the chipset driver is for the motherboard and helps it to identify other components. It should be the first driver installed after the OS is installed. Go to the motherboard manufacturer and get the latest one.

You can find drivers for your board here.
Update all of them but the BIOS
The one for the IDE should be for the chipset install it first.
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?modelname=P4VP-MX&SLanguage=en-us

Flashing the BIOS can be tricky so if you want to try it be sure to read up on how to do it first. Though I have found that on newer boards it is not as bad as it once was.