The Greatest Sound Card Ever? The iconic Sound Blaster 16!
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I always wanted to have a Sound Blaster 16! Finally, 30 years later, I have one! It comes from the scrapyard and doesn't work properly, but hey! It is a Sound Blaster 16! The cards suffers from excessive noise pollution. I hope we will be able to identify the problem and fix it because the card is unusable in its current condition! ▬▬▬▬ *PCBWay* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Sponsored by PCBWay: 🔸https://pcbway.com/g/lF253I PCBWay provides full feature custom PCB prototyping services, 3D printing, and much more. Check them out using my referral link above and get a 5 USD welcome bonus when you sign up as a new customer! My contributions to the Community Project Space at PCBWay: 🔸https://www.pcbway.com/project/member/?bmbno=0140E301-54A5-47 ▬▬▬▬ *Affiliate Links* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Visit my website to find affiliate links to most of the tools and products I use 🔸https://bitsundbolts.com/affiliate/ Thank you for your support! ▬▬▬▬ *Support Bits und Bolts* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Patreon: 🔸https://www.patreon.com/BitsUndBolts Bitcoin: bc1q2dvf9flf78lam33qjj9w9xgvfxdgre7g9x3rmw Twitter/X: 🔸https://twitter.com/BitsUndBolts Facebook: 🔸https://www.facebook.com/bitsundbolts Website: 🔸https://bitsundbolts.com/ ▬▬▬▬ *Timestamps* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 The Sound Blaster 16 02:32 MC3403 Opamps 04:41 Sound samples 07:28 Oscilloscope probing 09:37 PCBWay 10:11 Swapping Opamps 13:45 Testing Opamp swap 14:30 Remove the TEA2025 amplifier 17:03 Measuring the voltage regulators 18:39 Testing the 5v regulator 25:58 Installing new regulator 29:08 Testing
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