To me that looks more like an early-2000s design, with the smooth curves, translucent plastic and relatively small form factor. But it's not so far off from a late-90s design to be absurd.

Thanks for the advice. I tried Doornkaat's suggestion of pressing the chip, but that didn't seem to make a difference. So I'm guessing the RAM is fried, and that's beyond my capabilities to fix myself. Where should I look to find someone to repair this?

I recently got bit by the nostalgia bug and have been pulling old PC equipment out of my parents' crawlspace. Among the goodies was a Voodoo3 3000 AGP. My system POSTs with it, but unfortunately, the display is completely garbled and corrupted, looking like a SNES game when the cartridge has been …