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pentium pc beeps when pressing a key in windows 98 dos mode when playing jill of the jungle, adlib tracker, etc.

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when i boot to dos mode on windows 98 se on my pentium 133 pc and run adlib tracker or jill of the jungle, and press a key on the keyboard, it emits 2 beeps and doesn't respond to any keystrokes and i have to force restart
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Intel AN430TX ATX motherboard
Pentium 133 CPU
64 MB RAM
SoundBlaster 16 CT2830 ISA sound card
Genoa Phantom 3D S3 Virge DX 4MB PCI Video Card

I got it for $74.99 on ebay, i think i got scammed and got a paperweight

R5 5600X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 TI, Win11
P3 600, 256 MB RAM, nVidia Riva TNT2 M64, SB Vibra 16S, Win98
PMMX 200, 128 MB RAM, S3 Virge DX, Yamaha YMF719, Win95
486DX2 66, 32 MB RAM, Trident TGUI9440, ESS ES688F, DOS

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Legacy USB was the culprit. i guess don't use it. On to playing jill of the jungle, commander keen, duke nukem, day of the tentacle, etc.

R5 5600X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 TI, Win11
P3 600, 256 MB RAM, nVidia Riva TNT2 M64, SB Vibra 16S, Win98
PMMX 200, 128 MB RAM, S3 Virge DX, Yamaha YMF719, Win95
486DX2 66, 32 MB RAM, Trident TGUI9440, ESS ES688F, DOS

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