Hi all, I'm trying to repair a Monster 3D with storage damage. Some traces were cut and smd components damaged. They may need to be replaced.
Is there a component map for this card ?
Capacitors C43 and C84
C43 and C84: 10nF 25V 0805
Thanks !! 😊
You're welcome! Good luck fixing the card!
Yeah, I think I'll need a good technique to fix these traces neatly 😅
-scrape the soldermask off a bit, apply flux and tin the traces with solder.
-take a small diameter wire, apply flux, tin it.
-apply some more flux on the board and solder the wire in, trim excess wire with a scalpel blade after soldering
-clean with IPA
-optional apply UV curable green soldermask
luke7110 wrote on 2024-05-07, 13:07:Yeah, I think I'll need a good technique to fix these traces neatly 😅
Check out Bits und Bolts videos on YT for very good trace repair examples. Necroware also has some very good repairs documented.
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sdz wrote on 2024-05-07, 14:00:-scrape the soldermask off a bit, apply flux and tin the traces with solder. -take a small diameter wire, apply flux, tin it. -a […]
-scrape the soldermask off a bit, apply flux and tin the traces with solder.
-take a small diameter wire, apply flux, tin it.
-apply some more flux on the board and solder the wire in, trim excess wire with a scalpel blade after soldering
-clean with IPA
-optional apply UV curable green soldermask
Thanks for the guidelines, what do you advise for the wire ? I saw people using a wire taken from an unsoldering braid.
appiah4 wrote on 2024-05-07, 14:01:Check out Bits und Bolts videos on YT for very good trace repair examples. Necroware also has some very good repairs documented.
I'll check it out, thanks ! 👍
Just a single strand from multistrand conductor. Seems easier to me than pulling a wire from a piece of solder braid.
Ok thanks. I'll also order some green soldermask, never used it before, until now. I think it will protect and consolidate the rework.
You might need to get UV light for that as well. The solder masks I used so far needed UV light for curing. If you haven't one already. It is generally written in the spec if you need UV for your particular mask.
I just use transparent nail polish instead of solder mask..
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technokater wrote on 2024-05-07, 16:25:You might need to get UV light for that as well. The solder masks I used so far needed UV light for curing. If you haven't one already. It is generally written in the spec if you need UV for your particular mask.
I have an eprom eraser, it should work?! 🤔
I use an UV flashlight that's not very powerful and consistent in illuminating but it works, so I think yours will work too.
technokater wrote on 2024-05-08, 07:04:I use an UV flashlight that's not very powerful and consistent in illuminating but it works, so I think yours will work too.
Ok, I'll keep you posted ! Thanks 😉
appiah4 wrote on 2024-05-07, 14:01:luke7110 wrote on 2024-05-07, 13:07:Yeah, I think I'll need a good technique to fix these traces neatly 😅
Check out Bits und Bolts videos on YT for very good trace repair examples. Necroware also has some very good repairs documented.
Bits und bolts ... a real gold mine!
However, I think I'll begin with some nasty wire bridges in order to see IF the card could be repaired, then I'll do it the fancy way 😎
I read that windows install with previously installed Voodoo2 drivers could make interferences with drivers and prevent a voodoo 1 card from working. Do you agree with that ? I only have Voodoo 2 cards and therefore voodoo 2 configured retro pcs, so I maybe should reinstall a clean windows 98 before trying to do a diagnostic ?
That's my experience with switching between a Voodoo 1 then a voodoo 2 and back again. The computer would freeze on a turqouise display when trying to switch to 3d mode.
I ended up doing a clean install and now run 2 separate compact flash cards on that test computer to go between V2 -> V1
See my post here: Re: 3Dfx Voodoo 1 - Low level hardware information and diagnostics thread
You can verify by running tomb raider in DOS which isn't tied to the Windows drivers in the same way.
So either clean install or 100% clear out the V2 drivers before putting the V1 back in, as in search the windows folder for every file in the Voodoo 2 driver folder and delete that before proceeding.
Oh yeah, thanks, this was the post I read about the driver incompatibility. I'll do a clean install just to be sure, on a spare drive (I must have one somewhere!) Thanks 😉
