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First post, by Cursed Derp

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Heyyyyyyo,
I have a Dell Dimension L1000R running Windows 98 SE. It's got a PCI 128 (CT4810) card and whenever I plug in the cd audio cord to the cd in slot on the card, the pc won't boot up and gives 3 beeps in quick succession then 2 beeps. When I take the connector out of the card everything works. This sucks for games like Hexen and Quake that use cd music. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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Reply 1 of 2, by Namrok

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First thing I'd check is the CD audio headers have the same pinout. I mean, I'd be shocked if that actually caused a computer to fail to POST, but who knows.

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Reply 2 of 2, by Cursed Derp

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The pc inexplicably works now for some reason. thanks for your time

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