Or leave it out in the sun

So we need a heat gun? Or some sort of accurate and variable temperature oven of sorts 🤣 😉

aaronkatrini wrote on 2020-03-20, 18:00: Never throw a 3dfx card in the bin or I call the police! Haha no I wouldn’t don’t worry - If I cant fix it ill give it away or keep hold of it for someone the fix in the future

I guess from the numerous comments I’ll assume dead - it’s going in the bin :) Not dead, but defective. A memory chip has probably failed. If it has and you can identify/replace, it should work again. With current prices, it's worth it, IMO. I will do my own research on how to test and identify …

I guess from the numerous comments I’ll assume dead - it’s going in the bin 😀

I think I’m just hoping for the best and not facing reality. I had the card in a p3 system whose psu (and replacement) started spitting out smoke. I thought just old caps. Anyway I just got a new p2 on a 440lx motherboard and I now get artifacts. The card does it’s voodoo3 initial pre post-post (if …

Thank you for the advice! I will try your VDM .ini file suggestions I’ve been a bit reckless but have decided this forum seems to know it’s stuff, so i’ve just blindly bought one of those ESS cards without researching what relevance having a VIA chip means. My guess is that I should be able to …

I have had some success with VDMSound. I have not changed any of the configuration but in its default form, running DOOM2 and selecting “GENERAL MIDI” for music and “SOUNDBLASTER” for sound... so far I get MIDI sent to the SC-55. I have however lost sound effects. I need to do more investigation. …

Hi, with your helpful comments i’ve been able to zero in more on what I need to be searching for and I think I understand what the VDM and MPU-401 emulation approaches attempt to do. I will experiment tonight. Thank you!

Hi Kamerat, thank you for your quick comments! The PC is currently... - Motherboard: PCCHIPS m925 rev. 1.3B - P4 3.0Ghz - 512mb ram - IDE CD ROM Drive - IDE HDD (but this will evolve, have SATA ports on MB, a PCI SATA card, a Compact Flash PCI Card to experiment with) - Radeon 9550 - SoundBlaster 16 …

Hi, I apologise if I have been unable to find any already stated answers to this problem. I am building a Win98 system on a PCI only motherboard (P4). I have SB16 PCI (CT4740, Ensoniq clone). My plan was (is) to use a MIDI cable breakout from the Gameport to my Roland SC-55. However, for a number of …