KT3 -onboard sound - win98 problems

Hi all, wonder if anybody can help.
I built a machine a good while back, based on KT3-Ultra, Athlon xp2000, with Win 98 (prefer it to XP), I have always used the onboard sound but with couple of problems. The only drivers that give me any sound were the win95 ones on the setup CD, however I can never change any of the settings and cannot get 5.1 sound. In fact I cant get any options for it up. If I install the win98 drivers, i get all the realtek stuff installed, but sound manager is dead in the system tray, cannot get it to open and I have no sound. This also happens with any of the  drivers I have downloaded off net. so i end up going back to the win95 drivers and 2 point sound. How can I get 5.1 onboard sound to work with this, as I want surround sound for DVD etc. Has anybody got this working with win98, or is there a latest download that can sort me out that i just aint aware off, any help much appreciated, thanks

This is a wild idea:
Modem and sound (card) often interact, esp. in not so recent systems. Anything to investigate?
The wild idea is that your modem takes over sound control, and can interact with w95 drivers only.
Suggestions for check points:
- Enter Device Manager and check under Multimedia for what's it called WMF(?).
- Is Connexant mentioned in ControlPanel/Sound and.../Sound?
- What age is your modem drivers?
- If it is a PCI card modem, you might have a go moving it to another free PCI slot, if you got one.

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