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First post, by haker120

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New problem I've found. I have graphical glitches like in attachments but it appears ONLY in windows98, in clear DOS6.22 and win98's DOS mode it didn't. Is it the drivers fault or something else?
In Tomb Raider games, I quickly tested, everything is ok unless I'll disconnect Voodoo then slide show. xD
My PC (again xD):
Processor: Pentium 200MMX
Mobo: ASUS TX97 - XE
Graphic 2D: S3 Trio 64 V+ 4MB
Graphic 3D: Voodoo Graphics 4MB
RAM: 128MB RAM
Sound: SoundBlaster AWE64 CT4500

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Reply 2 of 18, by clueless1

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It wasn't clear to me by your post, did you test the Voodoo in a 3D game in straight DOS or MS-DOS mode, and no corruption?

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Reply 4 of 18, by derSammler

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haker120 wrote:

Well, I ran 5 Tomb Raider games on clear DOS 6.22 and all 5 ran perfect and on win98 those gliches.

Err... what? There aren't even 5 Tomb Raider games for DOS, let alone 3Dfx support. Are your threads even real or are you trying to fool us?

Reply 6 of 18, by Munx

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Add these 2 files to your C drive (make a backup of autoexec first). This will underclock your Voodoo to 45MHz. If the problem persists then...I don't know.

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The FireStarter 2.0 - The wooden K5
The Underdog - The budget K6
The Voodoo powerhouse - The power-hungry K7
The troll PC - The Socket 423 Pentium 4

Reply 7 of 18, by derSammler

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haker120 wrote:

My bad with counting. xD Of course I meant 4 games.

So tell us how you play Tomb Raider II and the rest under MS-DOS 6.22, as only Tomb Raider 1 is a DOS game...

haker120 wrote:

Well, I ran 5 Tomb Raider games on clear DOS 6.22 and all 5 ran perfect and on win98 those gliches.

Reply 8 of 18, by clueless1

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derSammler wrote:
haker120 wrote:

My bad with counting. xD Of course I meant 4 games.

So tell us how you play Tomb Raider II and the rest under MS-DOS 6.22, as only Tomb Raider 1 is a DOS game...

haker120 wrote:

Well, I ran 5 Tomb Raider games on clear DOS 6.22 and all 5 ran perfect and on win98 those gliches.

Yeah, that too. 🤣

Assuming you just meant Tomb Raider 1, when you test it in real DOS, is it running through the Voodoo (ie, with 3d acceleration) or might it be running in 2D mode through your 2D VGA card? We need to know if the corruption is gone in DOS because of something about DOS, or because the Voodoo is not being used when you're running it in DOS. In other words, are you using the Voodoo-specific Tomb Raider executable?

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OPL3 FM vs. Roland MT-32 vs. General MIDI DOS Game Comparison
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Reply 9 of 18, by haker120

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Honestly? No idea, I have those 4 games, I just run first one and I took as something certain the rest will work too. I don't know why but without voodoo Tomb Raider is a slideshow. Sorry for that guys, especially I really need to recieve help.

And I have A-Trend 4MB Voodoo if this changes anything.

Reply 10 of 18, by leileilol

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Munx wrote:

Add these 2 files to your C drive (make a backup of autoexec first).

What's wrong with just saying "add set SST_GRXCLK=45 to autoexec.bat"?

Never replace autoexec.bat on a whim.

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Reply 11 of 18, by Munx

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leileilol wrote:
Munx wrote:

Add these 2 files to your C drive (make a backup of autoexec first).

What's wrong with just saying "add set SST_GRXCLK=45 to autoexec.bat"?

Never replace autoexec.bat on a whim.

I only use the autoexec for Voodoo in my w9x builds personally...so yeah, my bad...better just add the line to the existing one if you have it 🤣

My builds!
The FireStarter 2.0 - The wooden K5
The Underdog - The budget K6
The Voodoo powerhouse - The power-hungry K7
The troll PC - The Socket 423 Pentium 4

Reply 13 of 18, by SpeedySPCFan

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I had this exact problem when my Voodoo 3 was dying, and after about another day or two of use it died completely. Sorry to say that the card in the OP may be going down the same route.

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Reply 14 of 18, by haker120

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Graphic card had resoldered all possible things, main chips had fixed pins and I'm waiting for it, was sent back to me from fixing. Did this help? Person who was fixing it is great with reballing things and fixing small layouts but the oldest PC he has is on socket 775 so couldn't really check it except it's detected by windows 7.

Reply 15 of 18, by meljor

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haker120 wrote:

Graphic card had resoldered all possible things, main chips had fixed pins and I'm waiting for it, was sent back to me from fixing. Did this help? Person who was fixing it is great with reballing things and fixing small layouts but the oldest PC he has is on socket 775 so couldn't really check it except it's detected by windows 7.

Ok, great.... ehh... what??

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Reply 17 of 18, by derSammler

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To quote you from the very first post:

In Tomb Raider games, I quickly tested, everything is ok unless I'll disconnect Voodoo then slide show. xD

So you did test the repaired card with a game that already worked before..? Genius!