Thanks, those did the trick!

Thanks I'll take a look at that tonight. I just wonder if it isn't a issue apart from drivers since the drivers can't see the card. I would have thought there would be a bios setting or something but I can't find anything in the bios.

Here is the card for reference

Yeah, tried those as well, put them on a floppy and tried to run the exe and go.bat files, got the same error no 1868 found.

Need some help getting my es1868 sound card working on dos 6.22, my MB is a VL/I-486SV2GX4 REV 2.1 I tried using the driver installer from phils computer lab but I keep getting a message saying es1868 not found. https://www.philscomputerlab.com/ess-audiodrive-es1868.html I looked around in bios …

Yeah I was think 450w should be plenty.

Okay I'll check it out, thanks for the response.

Working on a windows 98 build using a athlon 64 3000+ 1.8ghz and trying to figure out what modern power supply would work. I will use a socket 939 MB like a asus a8v or something. 512mb to 1gb ram. AGP card, probably a geforce4 ti. Plus a couple of optical drives, floppy, and 2 hdds. Any …

Been trying to get a working 486 for dos gaming for some time. I found a compaq presario cds 660 at a thrift store for cheap and it seems to work. Looked around for info but can't find much about this model or its parts. Hoping someone here has some knowledge about this and what I need to upgrade. …

The CL542x cards are among the fastest VLB cards, and are quite good in terms of compatibility. My 486DX2-66 has a Diamond Speedstar Pro VLB, which is based on a CL542x. Always did a fine job for me. There is a diamond speedstar pro version i can get as well, about the same price. Is there any …

Guess Ill just pick one of those moderately priced cards and go with it, Im not really an audiophile or anything, so ill get one, and upgade later if necessary. As far as a video card, I found a cirrus logic CL-GD5428 pretty cheap. Saw a few people on here saying it was a decent card. Anyone have an …

Right, sorry. I meant a clone of the SBpro not the actual one. Like I said above: So looking on Ebay right now there are several options for the sound cards you mentioned: […] Show full quote So looking on Ebay right now there are several options for the sound cards you mentioned: Advanced Logic …

So looking on Ebay right now there are several options for the sound cards you mentioned: Advanced Logic ALS100+ for $20 Crystal 4237B for $22 Bunch of ESS for around $20 Are all of these about the same?

Which drives do you have exactly? In 486DX2-era I'd expect DS/HD drives for both 3.5" and 5.25", which should be able to read (if not write) all regular PC formatted disks. And which disks - any idea what system they were used on previously? Can you format one in these drives? I am not sure exactly …

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So I decided to get into DOS gaming a while back, found a old 486 DX2 desktop at a estate sale and figured I could probably get it going, and optimized to play a majority of games from late 80's through the early 90's. I am not very familiar at all with older computers, so I was hoping to find some …