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Old desktop pc booting

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607freesound

December 26th, 2020

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines
Reading and writing data

A late '90s desktop pc booting. The first few seconds are most eventful. Recorded with a Zoom H1n, which was not completely stationary while recording (I was holding a small tripod). Includes pc speaker, fan, diskette drive and lots of hard drive noises.

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90s
computer
data
desktop
loading
old
power-on
vintage

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

2:06.563

File size

34.8 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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dreamy.robot

1 year, 1 month ago

amazing sound, thank you so much!

SilverIllusi...

1 year, 9 months ago

Very cool and nostalgic, thanks so much!

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bryanv7

3 years, 1 month ago

I have fond memories of old background pc noise like this, thanks for sharing!

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MikePineapple95

3 years, 2 months ago

was it running widows 2000 at the time?

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