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Help with voodoo 5 repair

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First post, by Retrobuilder

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Hello everyone, I was just coming on here to ask if there is any well known experts in repairing Voodoo cards that could help me out. I have a Voodoo 5 5500 that had worked very well for awhile when one day recently, I was playing a game and then artifacts appeared on screen and it crashed. After rebooting, there were permanent white lines on the screen that would appear in Windows and the Bios. I tried taking a look at the card but I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary other than a missing component on the back of the second chip (c513) and possibly more, but Im not too sure.

So I need the card repaired since repairing electronics is outside my area of expertise. I know of Oscar Barea, but just for the shipping cost alone it can exceed over a hundred USD and then likely a few hundred more for the repair, but if I need to i will go to him. If anyone knows a guy who can repair this let me know.

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Reply 1 of 2, by bloodem

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The most likely cause is a dead memory IC on the primary VSA chip (which is the one closest to the I/O bracket).

It could also be bad solder joints, though less likely (since you mentioned that the card failed during gameplay). Still, you can test this by pressing on each memory IC individually and see if the screen artifacts/patterns change. You can also press on the primary VSA chip itself, to make sure that it's not a bad solder joint under it.

Regarding repair assistance, you might want to specify your location - who knows, maybe there's someone close by who can help. 😀

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Reply 2 of 2, by Retrobuilder

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bloodem wrote on 2024-10-31, 08:34:

The most likely cause is a dead memory IC on the primary VSA chip (which is the one closest to the I/O bracket).

It could also be bad solder joints, though less likely (since you mentioned that the card failed during gameplay). Still, you can test this by pressing on each memory IC individually and see if the screen artifacts/patterns change. You can also press on the primary VSA chip itself, to make sure that it's not a bad solder joint under it.

Regarding repair assistance, you might want to specify your location - who knows, maybe there's someone close by who can help. 😀

Pressing on the IC or the chips is something I can try.

When it comes to my location, I live in Phoenix, AZ.

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