1. Sound Blaster Live! 2. Forte Media FM801-AU 3. ESS Solo-1 Here are the three PCI cards that I personally consider to be the most compatible with Real DOS. During my tests, the ALS4000 turned out to have quite a good Legacy DOS mode under Windows 98, but in real dos there are already some problems …

In my opinion, the least problematic and fast DOS/Win98 system should be based on Pentium 4, Intel chipset motherboard, Sound Blaster Live or Forte Media FM801 music card and ATI Radeon 9250/9550/9600 graphics card. This configuration gives very good performance and high compatibility.

When I see Intel D865 boards with a Pentium 4 3GHz processor for $10 at auctions, I just have to buy them. It's the best retro pc base for DOS and Windows 98 in my opinion. Fast, stable and hassle-free.

I had a similar case recently and the culprit was a faulty capacitor.

Yes, every time. However, I think these boards just doesn't likes this ASUS gpu. I also have Radeons 9600 Pro, 9600, 9550, 9250, geforce 6600, FX5500 and none of these cards have this problem.

All caps look fine.

I recently bought two Biostar P4M800-M7 A VER:1.0 motherboards (https://iili.io/HSy9K7e.jpg). I have a problem with them because when I use the ASUS Radeon 9600 XT (https://iili.io/HSpmEE7.jpg) graphics card, the system does not always start the first time when I press the power button. The fans …