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Re: S3 Trio64V+ corruption/garbled text on boot

Posted on 2021-09-13, 18:10

Hey man, I understand all of that, really :) I did it after The Snake Rider told me to go ahead, but BEFORE AlexZ, yourself, canthearu etc.. told me NOT to do it. Had I seen all those messages, I wouldn't have done it. My understanding was that it was a proper case for a bake trial, that was wrong, …

Re: S3 Trio64V+ corruption/garbled text on boot

Posted on 2021-09-12, 12:51

In any case I'd rather not have killed the card, so as said this will probably my only electronics cooking experience :) and I'll try to save it someday. I probably wouldn't bother trying to fix it now. S3 Trio/Virge PCI cards are a dime a dozen. Just get another and move on with life. As said I …

Re: S3 Trio64V+ corruption/garbled text on boot

Posted on 2021-09-12, 09:52

yeah it was an experiment on a card I don't give many shits about. I did it straightaway after asking and being told to bake it, and before everyone else told me NOT to bake it. of course putting a card in the kitchen oven doesn't sound like normal and a proper fix, but it somewhat was the real …

Re: S3 Trio64V+ corruption/garbled text on boot

Posted on 2021-09-12, 08:42

Sorry guys, guess I should have waited for confirmation but that baking stuff I've read so many success stories about, it was such a stupid yet amazing solution (or was it amazingly stupid?) that I just had to try it. 8 minutes at 200°C, aaaaand....it's dead. VGA failure beep codes on boot. Guess I …

Re: Ultimate multi-sound card setup?

Posted on 2021-09-10, 07:07

It's probably not a "universal ultimate" solution but that is what I went for and is pretty much ultimate for my use and the games I like to play: - 486dx2-66 with Tndy3-sound, Orpheus and GUS (early-mid/late DOS, Win311) - P233MMX with AWE32 non-PnP and a true MPU401 clone (late DOS, early Win9x) - …

Re: S3 Trio64V+ corruption/garbled text on boot

Posted on 2021-09-08, 14:06

The display on the Dell mobo - I love it, it looks so Welsh :) can't unsee...definitely looks like DOS welsh edition LOL I'd really love to put the PSU(s) being used onto my test bench and take some measurements. Many AT (and some old ATX) PSU's don't respect the +-5% tolerance for +5V, many drop …

Re: S3 Trio64V+ corruption/garbled text on boot

Posted on 2021-09-08, 13:11

Thanks for the answer. As all other cards were happy on the same computer but this one I was pretty sure it was the card, but it's never a bad test so good call. Here are the results. 1. on a Gigabyte 440BX mobo - funnily letters are fine there, but the BIOS display on boot is all corrupted (too …

S3 Trio64V+ corruption/garbled text on boot

Posted on 2021-09-08, 10:48

Hey folks, I have this Elsa Winner 1000 PCI card that produces these interesting text corruption and problems as soon as it starts. Computer doesn't complain, no beep at all. Computer is fine with other PCI gfx cards, so the problem is with this card. I have dumped the BIOS and compared it a known …

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