I finished repairing a broken Voodoo5 today. I rescued it from getting turned into scrap.
See here. Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Theres another one that I found, but I'm not sure if I can repair it. There's some broken traces and I don't trust myself to not screw up. I may end up selling it. Maybe someone can get her humming.
I found both cards with no slot cover or heatsinks. I found similar Aavid fan/heatsinks online, but I wasn't satisfied with the heatsinks so I modified some typical chipset heatsinks instead. I feel that keeping the original fans maintains its authentic look. As for the slot cover, I found a replacement at the e-waste place I go to. Its not the original one but its close enough 😒. It sits a little too high, but I'm sure it'll do its job.
It completed the default 3Dmark2000 benchmark, but I wasn't really impressed with the score. Its not that far ahead of my Voodoo3 3000. Might be the cost of 32-bit color or 3Dmark2000 just not utilizing the 2nd chip? I use a Pentium II 450mhz on my testbench, maybe that might be holding it back?
Anyways, I'm the proud owner of a Voodoo5 now.