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Post #434,396
by a6l6e6x
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6/9/20 10:56:34 PM
6/9/20 10:56:34 PM
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New Are you sure?
They are usually attached to the case frame behind the front panel.

Could it simply not have been connected to the motherboard?

But, it's been at least a decade since I've assembled a desktop PC.
Alex

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

-- Isaac Asimov
Post #434,404
by scoenye
6/10/20 7:51:09 AM
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New The part that goes "beep"?
PCs with internal speakers hooked to the sound card are rather rare. They made little sense in an office setting. IIRC, some of HPs later models had sound built-in but you almost had to hold your ear to the case to make it out.

The monitor may have embedded speakers, though.
Post #434,406
by drook
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6/10/20 10:02:43 AM
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New I had one of those ... yes, nearly useless
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Drew
Post #434,407
by mmoffitt
6/10/20 12:05:31 PM
6/10/20 12:05:31 PM
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New Microsoft had a PC Speaker driver at one point.
Might have been an "internal tool" I got from a buddy. But I remember installing it and getting some sort of sound out of it around 1991 or so. Doubtless 16-bit.
bcnu,
Mikem

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Post #434,436
by static
6/11/20 11:46:06 PM
6/11/20 11:46:06 PM
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New Yes, it was a 16-bit Windows thing.
I remember it too. Not much more than a novelty, really.

Wade.
     Things you forget about desktop computers - (drook) - (33) - June 9, 2020, 10:33:16 PM EDT
         Are you sure? - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - June 9, 2020, 10:56:34 PM EDT
             The part that goes "beep"? - (scoenye) - (3) - June 10, 2020, 07:51:09 AM EDT
                 I had one of those ... yes, nearly useless -NT - (drook) - June 10, 2020, 10:02:43 AM EDT
                 Microsoft had a PC Speaker driver at one point. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 10, 2020, 12:05:31 PM EDT
                     Yes, it was a 16-bit Windows thing. - (static) - June 11, 2020, 11:46:06 PM EDT
         Desktop computers? Is there some other kind? - (Andrew Grygus) - (27) - June 9, 2020, 11:02:17 PM EDT
             Servers, workstations, mainframes, embedded ... Yeah, quite a few other kinds. -NT - (drook) - (4) - June 10, 2020, 12:52:16 AM EDT
                 Re: Servers, workstations, mainframes, embedded ... Yeah, quite a few other kinds. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - June 10, 2020, 01:47:27 AM EDT
                     Most browsing and media consumption is on handheld devices these days, afaik - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 10, 2020, 02:36:57 AM EDT
                         Google says . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - June 10, 2020, 11:27:31 PM EDT
                             Try BrowserStack for testing. - (malraux) - June 11, 2020, 12:48:41 PM EDT
             With desktop peripherals, laptops/notebooks ARE desktops. - (CRConrad) - (21) - June 11, 2020, 05:56:18 AM EDT
                 As long as there's a dock so I only need to fiddle with one plug -NT - (drook) - (1) - June 10, 2020, 06:18:05 PM EDT
                     Yeah, that would be even nicer. - (CRConrad) - June 10, 2020, 07:10:01 PM EDT
                 Well, my (remaining) clients mostly perfer . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (18) - June 10, 2020, 11:33:36 PM EDT
                     "install a dual monitor video card"... When was this, in 1987? - (CRConrad) - (17) - June 11, 2020, 05:59:45 AM EDT
                         A lot of desktops have embedded video. - (static) - (16) - June 11, 2020, 11:49:31 PM EDT
                             Which was the case here. - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - June 12, 2020, 01:37:54 AM EDT
                                 Utterly fucking weird. - (CRConrad) - (4) - June 12, 2020, 05:10:04 AM EDT
                                     Hey, I'm using one of those low-profile HP desktops - (drook) - June 12, 2020, 12:20:04 PM EDT
                                     It wouldn't have mattered much - (scoenye) - (2) - June 12, 2020, 05:51:03 PM EDT
                                         Preach it - (pwhysall) - (1) - June 13, 2020, 02:31:52 AM EDT
                                             Note on USB3/TB and Macs - (drook) - June 13, 2020, 09:28:40 AM EDT
                             What's "embedded" video, if not what laptops have had since... Idunno, the Bronze Age? - (CRConrad) - (9) - June 12, 2020, 05:04:16 AM EDT
                                 Looking at the back of mine ... - (drook) - (7) - June 12, 2020, 12:22:26 PM EDT
                                     OK, no USB Type C, of course... But no DisplayPort (2007) or HDMI (2003)? Or even DVI (1999)?!? -NT - (CRConrad) - (6) - June 12, 2020, 05:19:07 PM EDT
                                         Notebooks here are starting to come with HDMI . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - June 12, 2020, 07:08:16 PM EDT
                                             My work laptop has only one HDMI port - (pwhysall) - (3) - June 13, 2020, 02:27:24 AM EDT
                                                 I got J a new Mac Mini and a 4K LG display recently. - (Another Scott) - (2) - June 15, 2020, 12:25:10 AM EDT
                                                     USB-C "docks" and adapters... *sigh* - (static) - (1) - June 15, 2020, 04:17:39 AM EDT
                                                         Insert standard XKCD reference here -NT - (drook) - June 15, 2020, 09:01:28 AM EDT
                                         Nope, nope, and nope -NT - (drook) - June 13, 2020, 12:29:03 AM EDT
                                 Not just the processor. - (static) - June 14, 2020, 06:14:39 AM EDT

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