open and check, but in manual i did not see any isa stuff only pci

https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esup … guide_en-us.pdf

anyway a pci 128 is trash for dos, there is much better pci sound cards

Would a ISA to PCI slot work for a Sound Blaster 16 ISA card?

Based on images from a google image search - it appears like you have 4 pci slots. No isa, No agp.

No, the motherboard is based on the i810e chipset, commonly lacking ISA slots. 🙁

ISA slots are 8/16-bit bus whose connectors are usually colored black.

Cursed Derp wrote on 2024-07-03, 15:30:

Would a ISA to PCI slot work for a Sound Blaster 16 ISA card?

Super unlikely. I assume you want better DOS sound. Your best bet would be some PCI SoundBlaster with emulated dos support - Sound Blaster Live! cards were common.

Thanks. That's disappointing but I'll look into the live cards.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126496449972?epid=77 … %3ABFBM1uOWlI9k

Is this one good?

Or this one?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126505502572?itmmeta … ABk9SR4L7rZaPZA

Both of those are probably fine - take a look at this thread - Sound Blaster LIVE! Versions The consensus seems to be to avoid the SB0200.

Cursed Derp wrote on 2024-07-03, 15:43:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126496449972?epid=77 … %3ABFBM1uOWlI9k

Is this one good?

Dosdays claims this is a Dell OEM.

I think I'll go with the 0060 then. Is it a better choice in general?

Just a word of wisdom, if you're like the rest of us it's incredibly likely you're going to end up building another system anyway with ISA, before you compromise with this one 😁

jakethompson1 wrote on 2024-07-03, 19:08:

Just a word of wisdom, if you're like the rest of us it's incredibly likely you're going to end up building another system anyway with ISA, before you compromise with this one 😁

But for his current system, a live! would be a great improvement. So it is a good move anyway.

Awesome. I'll go with a live.