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"Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Most BIOSes can show them on screen and most motherboards have LEDs to indicate WTF is going on before the screen becomes active. Also, boot up failures are extremely rare compared to 1990-s.