Support Information:
Device Type: Sound Card
Manufacturer: ESS TECHNOLOGIES
Model: ESS ES1969
Interface: PCI / ISA
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=&qa5=19&qa7=1500&dp=2&qm0=ESS+ES1969&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=ESS+TECHNOLOGIES+Sound+Card+ESS+TECHNOLOGIES+ESS +ES1969+Windows+XP+Professional+)

ESS has no such model listed: http://www.esstech.com/techsupp/drivers.shtm

but I found reference to this one on rapidshare.com

ESS ES1946_1938 6.12.10.3055 WDM Audio Driver
WDM driver for ES1969 chipset
Version: 6.12.10.3055
File date: 02/22/2002
File name: ES1938_1946_XP3055_sign584162.zip
File size: 53 kb.

Unzip to a temp folder, then install using ADD NEW HARDWARE. Point to the folder where you unzipped files to.

The rest is easy and automatic.

http://rapidshare.com/files/76403003/ES1938_1946_XP3055_sign584162.zip