VOGONS


First post, by meljor

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I rescued a voodoo graphics (v1) card from the scrapper yesterday together with lots of other parts.

I made it a habit with these cards to really check the tiny legs of the chips as they seem to get damaged fairly easy. These were all good and nothing seems missing on the card (compared to another one of mine).

I ran some tests on a system that usually holds a v1 and everything 3d on this v1 seems black and white and 1 color: red. So i'm missing the GB from RGB 🤣
It is the same in glide and direct3d. There is a matrox in there that works fine so the passtrough and output to the monitor works.

As soon as i replace it with my own card it is all working fine again.

What is wrong with this card and can it be fixed easily?

Thanx!

asus tx97-e, 233mmx, voodoo1, s3 virge ,sb16
asus p5a, k6-3+ @ 550mhz, voodoo2 12mb sli, gf2 gts, awe32
asus p3b-f, p3-700, voodoo3 3500TV agp, awe64
asus tusl2-c, p3-S 1,4ghz, voodoo5 5500, live!
asus a7n8x DL, barton cpu, 6800ultra, Voodoo3 pci, audigy1

Reply 2 of 3, by meljor

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Thank you, will check.

asus tx97-e, 233mmx, voodoo1, s3 virge ,sb16
asus p5a, k6-3+ @ 550mhz, voodoo2 12mb sli, gf2 gts, awe32
asus p3b-f, p3-700, voodoo3 3500TV agp, awe64
asus tusl2-c, p3-S 1,4ghz, voodoo5 5500, live!
asus a7n8x DL, barton cpu, 6800ultra, Voodoo3 pci, audigy1

Reply 3 of 3, by meljor

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anthony wrote:

colors lines goes from ramdac to bus swicth near vga out port, so check all three traces

Good call, this switch chip has one tiny (very tiny) little leg sitting loose and it is bend against his neighbour 🤣

I could not see this without a magnifier! Now hoping i can fix it.

asus tx97-e, 233mmx, voodoo1, s3 virge ,sb16
asus p5a, k6-3+ @ 550mhz, voodoo2 12mb sli, gf2 gts, awe32
asus p3b-f, p3-700, voodoo3 3500TV agp, awe64
asus tusl2-c, p3-S 1,4ghz, voodoo5 5500, live!
asus a7n8x DL, barton cpu, 6800ultra, Voodoo3 pci, audigy1