First post, by neilcoal
i managed to recuperate my old 3dfx voodoo2 card,
and have tried with my old PC:
ASROCK mainboard, AMD thunderbird 1GHz,
512 MB (one module, i think 166 MHz)
when i insert my old 3dfx voodoo2 videocard,
the PC starts freezing, regardless what i am doing at that moment
(for example even when only using notepad,
or even a few seconds after getting into windows)
dual boot: win9x and winXP SP2 (FAT32)
and in both does the same
(actually, i also keep a winME installation and switch that with win95 for very old games, and the problem also appears in winME)
the primary videocard:
- either geforce FX 5500
- or the onboard video (SIS i think)
tried with both, and the PC keeps freezing after a few minutes
also tried various settings in BIOS,
to no positive result
the PSU i think it's 350 watts
i should mention 2 important things:
- the PC doesn't freeze at all without the 3dfxv2 card in it (works fine)
- if i manage to start a 3dfx game (if the computer won't freeze until i can start a 3dfx game), the PC won't freeze while playing, and i can apparently play for hours
very strange behaviour
i think there's some compatibility problems between the 3dfxv2 and the rest of my hardware
i have another PC (sempron 3000, 1GHz memory, XP32 NTFS)
and i was thinking of trying to put the 3dfx card in this one too,
but i suppose if it won't work with the older,
can't work with the newer
many thanks for all your qualified advices
