First post, by Cga.8086
I was given this voodoo 3 PCI card inside a mega pack of old VGA cards in a box.
it is a voodoo 3 2000 and what i liked about the card is that it is the PCI version. Not sure there but voodoo3 PCIs here are very rare here
http://www.vgamuseum.info/images/vlask/3dfx/v3200f.jpg
That is the picture of the same card i have, but when i tried it ( tried it on 2 different motherboards, one was socket7 and another one was pentium 3 370.
The card failed to work. Computer turns on and monitor stays black screen.
The simptoms are:
- When pc is powered on...the monitor stays idle, there is NO sound of the monitor (typical) sound of the monitor turning on when you power on the PC.
- Tried different pci slots, no go
- Tried another PCI video card, and the other video card works right away.
- I touched the heatsink of the voltage regulator on the upper part, and it not hot, just warm
- I touched the heatsink of the CPU, and it is not even warm.
So my question is, is there any way to save this card? any advice you can provide to test before it goes to the trash can?
- Should i remove all the capacitors and replace the 6 caps with new 10uf 16v caps?
- Should i buy another voltage regulator ?
- Should i send it to the oven for 10 minutes?
im really trying to save this piece of history from the trash.