Re: Pentium M Build Log
Posted on 2021-03-14, 05:55
Awesome!
Re: Geforce 6800 GT output suddenly corrupted
Posted on 2021-03-14, 00:48
So I think, I'm going to try to reflow the solder with a heatgun this weekend as my last attempt to get this card back. Mostly the VRAM area. Sounds about my skill level I'm sad to say. Fingers crossed. Don't reflow anything with the paint strippers. Get your self a proper hot air station. " …
Re: Geforce 6800 GT output suddenly corrupted
Posted on 2021-03-12, 21:37
So I think, I'm going to try to reflow the solder with a heatgun this weekend as my last attempt to get this card back. Mostly the VRAM area. Sounds about my skill level I'm sad to say. Fingers crossed. Don't reflow anything with the paint strippers. Get your self a proper hot air station. " …
Re: Voodoo 2 freezing my WIN98 at boot up time
Posted on 2021-03-07, 21:08
Most likely the issue is caused by SIS chipset. Try differt BIOS or drivers for your mobo. Use this http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/downloads/voodoo2-30300.zip dirivers or http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/downloads/voodoo2-30101.zip the V3.02.02 are broken and are known to cause the issue with some direct 3d games …
Re: Voodoo 2 repair, missing legs on Chuck
Posted on 2021-03-02, 00:55
pentiumspeed wrote on 2021-02-28, 22:20: Strand of wire from old cable is just thick enough. The main problem is solder go crusty trying to solder due to insufficient flux. Need flux paste, put lots on and does make solder very easy and nice looking. Cheers, There is no such thing as too much flux …
Re: Voodoo 5 6000 Clone PCB
Posted on 2021-03-01, 03:01
anthony wrote on 2021-02-28, 07:22: It will be available. Working on this. Excellent.
Re: Keep GeForce 4 to cards from dying
Posted on 2021-02-27, 21:08
I hope OP is OK.
Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions
Posted on 2021-02-25, 01:04
Thank you for your hard work.
Re: Voodoo 5 6000 Clone PCB
Posted on 2021-02-25, 01:03
Oh wow, any plans on sending one of those to LGR or PhilsComputerLab?
Re: Audigy 2 zs problem on windows 98se
Posted on 2021-02-23, 22:43
I know you said you gonna get another card, but have you tried moving Audigy 2 to a different PCI slot?
Re: Keep GeForce 4 to cards from dying
Posted on 2021-02-23, 22:13
"Static from an outlet? Is that even a thing?" Brain fart on my part. 🤣 Let me try agin. I dout it was cased by ESD, or his powergrid. Any better? LOL Geforce 4 Cards do run hot and used very cheap crappy heatsink solutions. With bad caps the ripple current will make them run hotter and fail faster. …
Re: Keep GeForce 4 to cards from dying
Posted on 2021-02-23, 21:29
Definitely should check PSU for bad caps. PSU is still overlooked as the source of troubles during badcaps era. https://www.badcaps.net/index.php This is definitely one of the first things one should check, but OP stated he had already switched PSUs around, making it unlikely to be the main cause …
Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?
Posted on 2021-02-22, 23:12
glue eating traces? never seen that... maybe the cap leaked and caused this... No, there is indeed a glue that'll turn corrosive. I'm not sure exactly what sort of substance it is, but I've seen it a couple times myself in some '80s stereo equipment. And I know it wasn't a leaky cap, because it …
Re: Keep GeForce 4 to cards from dying
Posted on 2021-02-22, 22:54
Definitely should check PSU for bad caps. PSU is still overlooked as the source of troubles during badcaps era. https://www.badcaps.net/index.php
Re: Audigy 2 zs problem on windows 98se
Posted on 2021-02-22, 19:28
Hi, that is one awesome retro PC you got there. I had the same issue with Audigy 2 zs on my Pentium 4 with Intel 865 Chipset, the install cd woud blue screen during install. My understanding Audigy 2 zs was made to be used on win2k/XP, but you can make it work on 9X as well. I followed the guide …
Re: Radeon 9700 TX crashes/reboots running anything graphics intensive.
Posted on 2021-02-09, 19:50
I would definitely inspect PSU for bad caps as well just to be on the safe side. https://www.badcaps.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32 aswome forum and lots of helpfull info.
Re: AGP to PCI adapters - any PCB designers here willing to make one?
Posted on 2021-02-08, 00:24
Awesome stuff! 👍
Re: Voodoo 3 3500 Compaq version missing capacitors
Posted on 2021-02-08, 00:09
To me it looks like RAM issue. http://www.playtool.com/pages/artifacts/artifacts.html you can follow this guide. I had similar issue with ATI x1950XT, I soldered new faster ram K4J52324QE-BJ1A and it fixed the issue. Pretty sweat card now, dubble the RAM capacity and higher clock speed. Made myself …
Re: 3Dfx Voodoo 2 PCB SLI Bridge / SLI Cable
Posted on 2021-02-07, 20:56
Seriously awesome!
Re: Radeon X850XT and Windows 98SE problems
Posted on 2021-02-07, 20:00
The issue can be caused by 3dfx glide drivers. Grab Glide2x for ATi Radeons http://www.3dfx.cz/download/glides_radeon.zip boot Windows 98/me into safe mode, open the archive and extract the files to your C:\Windows\system folder overwriting the existing files. Reboot you should be good to go. I had …
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