Re: Lots of cheap Rage XL PCI graphics cards for Socket 7 on eBay and Aliexpress

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Pierre32 wrote on Today, 04:39: Do you think PCI voltage might be the difference between your motherboards? The cards are all keyed for both 3.3v and 5v. I don't know of a way to test whether the motherboard is failing to deliver the requested voltage.

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Why some video cards refuse to work in some systems even when paired period correct hardware?

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I have been expanding my video card collection recently and have come across a frustrating reoccurrence within my testing. Sometimes cards which are perfectly functional on one system will refuse to work on another. But this isn't just random; the boards that have problems are always consistent with …

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Re: Lots of cheap Rage XL PCI graphics cards for Socket 7 on eBay and Aliexpress

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Have a read first: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=83329 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=75188 That's interesting. Won't even post on socket 7 systems. Confirming that this card works in my Socket 7 system but there is some kind of compatibility problem with some boards. …

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Re: No display output on this ATI Rage 128. Is it a Mac product or just defective?

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I don't think it would be a good idea to try flashing this without first confirming whether or not anyone has had any prior success. The reason I bought it was for the DVI output but if that stops working then it won't be any better than any other Rage 128. I'd rather pass this on to a Mac collector …

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Re: Lots of cheap Rage XL PCI graphics cards for Socket 7 on eBay and Aliexpress

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I received three of these today and they are very strange. They have a QC sticker for 2020 and appear to be recently made but the GPU die is visibly beat up on all of them. I wonder what kind of a lot these are from that the GPU package looks like this. It doesn't make sense that they would salvage …

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Re: No display output on this ATI Rage 128. Is it a Mac product or just defective?

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There are so many incompatible variations even for the PC of these Rage cards that I don't think it would work. A similar layout with a DVI connector would probably be required and I'm starting to think that all of the ones with DVI are only for Mac.

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Re: No display output on this ATI Rage 128. Is it a Mac product or just defective?

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I don't have a Mac to test. Other listings suggest that it may be for a Mac G4.

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Re: No display output on this ATI Rage 128. Is it a Mac product or just defective?

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I was able to get the system to boot with both the Rage 128 and a second PCI card connected. This was all the information provided by HWiNFO. IMG_20210921_204542_resize_50.jpg It is recognized by but does not work with driver version 4.13.01.8006. The drivers will install but Windows locks up when …

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No display output on this ATI Rage 128. Is it a Mac product or just defective?

Posted on Yesterday, 22:40

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I bought this ATI Rage 128 that has both VGA and DVI out. When booting the system emits a normal POST beep and diagnostic code but no video is displayed. Normally if there is no video card connected the BIOS will beep to indicate a problem but this does not happen. I know what Macs around this time …

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Does anyone have a GeForce 6600 AGP card to help test for a graphical glitch?

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I bought a GeForce 6600 AGP and tried it on Windows ME using the very latest modified driver version 82.69. Doing anything graphically is unstable and the system will lock up or the monitor will go to sleep when I try to launch some games. When 3DMark 2001 would load I got major graphical glitches. …

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Re: Has anyone gotten the GeForce FX Dawn tech demo to work on Windows 98/ME?

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It's the official Dawn from NVIDIA's website. Its not a fan wrapper.

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Has anyone gotten the GeForce FX Dawn tech demo to work on Windows 98/ME?

Posted on Yesterday, 04:45

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This and the other GeForce FX demos crash for me in Windows 98 and ME when testing on my ASUS P2B v1.10 (440BX). I have tested with an older 500 Mhz Celeron up to a 1.4Ghz Tualatin Pentium III with several FX cards. I also tried every driver version that will work on 9x but these demos always crash. …

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Re: Strange MSI GeForce FX 5500 only stable with 5200 drivers

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I reinstalled the driver via Device Manager to FX 5500 to take a video and suddenly it's working fine. I uninstalled and reinstalled several driver versions prior to this without any change in stability which prompted me to create this topic. I don't know what it's working now.

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Strange MSI GeForce FX 5500 only stable with 5200 drivers

Posted on Yesterday, 04:16

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I bought an MSI GeForce FX 5500 that appears to work but can also send the system into a BSOD. OpenGL works. Even the dxdiag DirectX tests work. But if I launch a benchmark or game that uses Direct3D like Unreal or 3DMark99, the system will crash. I suspected that this was a counterfeit 5200 with a …

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Re: Voodoo 3 bought second hand - dead or not?

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I have been testing a lot of video cards lately and I can confirm that some will 100% NOT work with some systems but be perfectly fine in others. The reasons for this appear random, for example a GeForce 5200 PCI does not work in a 440EX (Pentium 2 era) but works in a Socket 7 with an older Intel …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

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Remember to test your eBay purchases while they are still within the return window. I bought this cute Rage 128 that ended up being defective. Filename IMG_20210920_205509_resize_79.jpg File size 585.1 KiB Views 120 views Filename IMG_20210920_205455_resize_24.jpg File size 406.16 KiB Views 120 …

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Re: ATI Rage 128 Pro vs Ultra?

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The hardware ID for this card is: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5446&SUBSYS_04091002&REV_00.

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Re: How can I view the core and memory clocks on my ATI Rage 128?

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HWiNFO reports a core and memory clock of 133Mhz. Cool.

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Re: MS-98L9 V2.0 , a new 1151MB with an ISA slot

Posted on 2021-09-20, 23:21

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I think you can use HIMEM to artificially limit how much high memory is available. I don't know this is carries through into Windows though. You will have to load HIMEM in config.sys before Windows starts to prevent it from using its own HIMEM.SYS in the Windows directory.

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Re: This video card is corrupting my BIOS??

Posted on 2021-09-20, 22:47

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I worked on this for a couple of hours but wasn't able to trace where the problem was coming from. Something is shorting to ground and when you plug in the molex connector it shunts 12V from the power supply through a capacitor and then brings that to ground too. I removed all of the shorted …

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