I'm ashamed to admit but I recently got 2 Diamond Voodoo 2 cards but I used an unmodified floppy cable to connect them. Can this cause damage? The second card is recognized but I get a driver initialization error when I test it by itself. I did not test the card by itself before this (I know ...).
Basically I'm wondering if I got a DOA card and need to return it or if I screwed it up myself.
Yeah, I've tested the card by itself and it's detected but won't work. I don't want to return it if it's probably my fault.
Guess that's what I get for being to excited and not paying attention to what I'm doing...
Ok, I assumed that you didn't tested without using the floppy cable. 😜
Using the wrong cable can indeed damage the card by messing up the voltage, a proper SLI cable isn't easy to find and for that floppy cable you used it requires modding.
Are you sure that the sli cable brings any voltage that could damage the card?
I'm not sure but the floppy drives get the voltage from the berg connector, as the voodoo get the voltage from pci connectors.
Are you sure that the sli cable brings any voltage that could damage the card?
I'm not sure but the floppy drives get the voltage from the berg connector, as the voodoo get the voltage from pci connectors.
Unlucky we can't be sure one way or another since someone who is sure what evey pin of the sli connector does.
The best guess is to hope that matze79 shows up he did great sli bridge connectors for sure he knows if a non twisted cable could give issues or if they bring voltage.
My educated guess is that that they bring just data.
The 4 twisted wires are GND, SLI SYNC IN, SLI SYNC OUT, GND. Using a cable without the twist will just connect SYNC OUT to SYNC OUT and SYNC IN to SYNC IN. This really shouldn't cause any damage. Most likely the card was DOA.
Thanks for the helpful responses everyone. I will try to run the diagnostics in DOS either today or tomorrow. I get the exact same error as the poster in the Faulty Voodoo 2 thread.
FWIW I bought the cards from a bigger reseller on ebay and it's very doubtful they actually tested the cards. I was suspecting faulty memory until I remembered I used an untwisted floppy cable 🤣 Hopefully the diag program will shed some light.
FWIW I bought the cards from a bigger reseller on ebay and it's very doubtful they actually tested the cards. I was suspecting faulty memory until I remembered I used an untwisted floppy cable 🤣 Hopefully the diag program will shed some light.
Better hope the seller isn't reading this thread if you do try to return it, 🤣.
The SLI SYNC signals go to the FBI, so in no way that cable would have caused TMU related faults.
Also, the memory itself is most likely fine, check the TMU pins (poke them and see if they move, also check for shorts between pins).