I got my package with UltraStiks today! They work great and I like the feel of them a lot. I have a few things I need to figure out before I can put the entire machine together (hopefully will be completed today), but the only one I am having real difficulty with is:
-I reinstalled windows, found my motherboard model and downloaded drivers, however I still get no audio. I do have the volume control now, but no sound and device manager shows a question mark with an exclamation point next to "Audio Device on high definition audio bus" under "Other Devices." The sound was working perfectly before I reinstalled XP.
Thanks for all the help everyone has given me and for putting up with all my questions! I have learned a lot about computers in the last couple of weeks!