9. Is the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 compatible with my motherboard? […]
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9. Is the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 compatible with my motherboard?
Here is a list of known motherboard hardware issues (voltage hardware issues will affect AGP models only):
The Abit LX6 pre-revision 1.1 has a known voltage issue.
The revision 1.05 Asus P2L97 has a known voltage issue. http://www.asus.com.tw/Products/Techref/Misc/ … tnt-rework.html
The pre-revision 1.10 Asus P2B is missing a necessary jumper to set the AGP slot to 66mhz.
The FIC PA-2013 (other than revision 2.1 PCB) has a voltage issue which will burn out the motherboard after an extended period of time using the Voodoo3.
FIC has a new VA-503+ FAQ which gives instruction on how to make an AGP Voodoo3 card work properly with this motherboard. http://www.fica.com/english/techsupp/faq/socket7/FAQ503+.htm
The FIC VB-601-V will fail to load Windows (protection error) with the current AMI Bios.
Multiple Gigabyte boards have known voltage issues, including the: GA-BXC , GA-BXE, and the GA-BX2000.
Here is a handy list (from the Gigabyte German website, no less) of Gigabyte boards that WILL work with the Voodoo3:
GA-BX2000 PCB ver.1.1 Jumper 20 und 21 muß gesetzt sein
GA-6BXC PCB ver.2.0
GA-6BXE PCB ver.2.0
GA-6BX7 PCB ver.1.4
GA-6BA PCB ver.3.0
GA-6ZXC PCB ver.2.0
GA-6VXE PCB ver.2.2
GA-6VA7 PCB ver.1.2
AGP voltage regulator notes: There is a problem with the combination of older motherboards and newer AGP graphic cards. This is due to the fact that some of the early AGP motherboards used a linear regulator to control the power supply to the AGP slot. Linear regulators can supply at most 2.5A of current, while the switching regulator used on newer motherboards can supply up to 6A at 3.3V. When these motherboards with linear regulators were produced, the average consumption of a graphics card was 1 to 2A, making a supply of 2.5A more than sufficient. Since then, graphic cards have developed and currently the average consumption is between 4 and 5A. This is no problem for motherboards using a switching regulator, but older boards with a linear regulator may run into issues such as overheating, burnouts, and lockups.