Wasn't this card one of several that could damage the motherboards that they were installed into? I wonder whether they've reimplemented those details; given that, just like the original, this version has idiosyncratic power management, I wouldn't be surprised.
We burned our 486 motherboard with Sound Blaster 2.0. The computer wouldn't boot when the card was installed, so the next logical step was to first start the computer and then install the card. Didn't quite work out, and dad wasn't happy.
