Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-10-10, 07:19
So I replaced the EEPROM and flashed the card: Same result....RIP I guess
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-10-02, 06:15
Thnx for the tip! I tried several bios versions, the original (1.06), the 1.06 from supplied site, the 1.18 and 1.18 modified versions. all several times. I started with the official 1.18 however. Everytime I made a dump of the firmware of the card, something in the data is at wrong spots and a few …
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-10-01, 15:00
Haha nice tip! but im gonna wait. its whats best in the long run I hope.
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-30, 19:41
I recapped the entire card tonight and tried to flash it again. Same result. Guess nothing left to do but wait for EEPROM chips 😀
Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP under performing?
Posted on 2020-09-30, 18:07
Hope this helps
Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP under performing?
Posted on 2020-09-30, 10:49
I can check the bios settings with my P5A for you tonight, where I got the scores from I posted earlier. I can check the drivers I installed as well.
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-29, 22:13
ty for the suggestions! I ordered a bunch of these last weekend. I figured I would order the exact same type as the one on the card now.
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 13:56
on second thought, I might as wel order and wait for new ones from china. dunno if I can recover such an IC with the tools I have, while still being usable. We got some rework stuff at my office with heatgun, but why even risk it 😀
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 13:45
I went over my stash and found the following cards: I guess the only one that is usable is the 3COM one?
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 12:30
Could these work? having a hard time finding them at suppliers like farnell and ebay.
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 AGP missing cap
Posted on 2020-09-27, 12:10
sdz wrote on 2020-09-27, 11:02: You're right, that is a 100nF cap. A good replacement is 100nF 25V 0603 X7R dielectric. thank you very much 😀
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 11:33
I hope so 😀 would be a cheapish option for a fix
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 11:00
You should be able to put a blank EEPROM and just flash it like usual, without the need of an external programmer. that is possibly a cheaper first to try. but if it is something like a disconnected adress pin from the VSA-100 chip to the EEPROM chip, that would not work. I think I will order a …
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 08:40
It is possible the BIOS chip is defective, it happened to me on a Banshee card. I guess the only way to know for sure is to desolder the the old BIOS, buy a new chip, flash it by external programmer and put back on the V5. If you want to go this route, then I recommend to solder PLCC socket on the …
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 08:36
While looking a bit at the datasheet of the EEPROM (SST39VF512) https://datasheetspdf.com/pdf-file/511519/SiliconStorageTechnology/SST39VF512/1 it could be that one of the adres lines are not working maybe? data 1A 12 02 00 location offsets: original bios: 0x00007FF8 = 0111111111111000b dump: …
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 08:19
diving a bit deeper in the differences, it looks like the bytes 1A 12 02 00 are written in the original bios at the very end of the flash, while in the dump, these bytes are located halfway in the flash:
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 08:06
Wait....to be clear did you just brick a voodoo5 by flashing a s3 bios on it? I thought that for a second too, but it just seems the dump tool makes a bios copy of the wrong card. The first flash I did, was not with other cards in the system. When I got the crap image output, I tried to reflash it …
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-27, 07:33
So I made a new dump, while going in blind into dos mode, after using the recovery disk found here https://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/utilities/?objid=543 with bios M55K118.ROM: https://tweakers.net/fotoalbum/image/cdmVx3KZHBwMNwf66pgaeDOf.png there are differences, but im not sure if the bios also …
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-26, 22:49
Oh wow, I suddenly realised that the dump I made was from the S3 card... haha. The text "S3 incorporated" in the diff with the original bios kinda gave it away. Im kinda wondering now if the flash tool even targets the voodoo then... I will try to see what I can do to make a new dump by changing the …
Re: Voodoo 5 5500 problem after flashing Bios
Posted on 2020-09-26, 22:35
Could the caps maybe screw up the flashing voltage of the EEPROM? Although it doesnt make sense to me that the program says it succeeds everytime I do it:
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