So the S3 virge/gx2 was quite visible in the first photo. It wasn't very dirty just brushed it off.
The mystery card was actually much more interesting than I first thought. It's a GeForce 6200tc se at 64 mb. I don't know much about it but I was actually looking for a card to put in my
slim delll desktop computer with agp slot. It's under repair though so I can't test the card yet but without looking it up it should fit in a Pentium 4 motherboard with regard to agp version.

The rest is mostly junk, but I looked through the floppys and so on. I don't have a zip drive (yet). Kind of interesting with Compaq quick restore for pressario 7000ea etc, (given that they are laptops) I might upload them somewhere if I don't find them online. Oh and I now have a legal copy of Nero cd burner software which might actually be useful. The rest was mostly educational software and drivers for monitors, printers, modems and a zip drive. Oh and some early version of a "eurocrypt emulator". I have no idea what it is... Maybe encryption software?

I have no need for the manuals and I'm willing to give them away if someone pays for the postage and sene me a picture proving they have the motherboard. 😀

I think eurocrypt was for smartcard satellite card decoding, i.e. pirating satellite TV without paying.

edit: and yay, a fast Virge, it was almost as fast as a slow SiS 😉

eurocrypt emulator was used to decode satellite d2mac channels...good old days when tv1000 was the best thing available, ie the 90s.

Ah ok I may (or may not?) have had one of those cards for a while before they improved the encryption. 😉

Mm so after some testing I've found out the voodoo 2 card is not functioning. It's recognized by windows and installs but crashes when I boot up a game. After some careful investigation I noticed that two of those small ceramic surface mounted capacitors are broken off.. I don't have the skills to replace them..

Awww, sucks... if they're near the edge of the board you could have a go with just placing them and applying a butane lighter.

One of them is close to one of the empty ram sockets (at the edge) the bigger one is in the middle of the board... both are on the back side.

I found a loose cap on my working table.. Figured I was too rough when cleaning it but when I look at the pictures I took before cleaning I see it was already missing.

Keep the card for when you get a chance to fix it. Soldering SMD/ceramic caps is not hard, best ask around in your local hackerspace or something 😁

EDIT: And if it's just voltage stabilizing ones the capacity shouldn't matter much, if you don't know the original capacity but put a larger one it won't be a problem.

box of stuff type purchases can contain treasure or junk, often a mix of both, yours looks like it was worth it though!

gerry wrote on 2021-06-03, 20:05:

box of stuff type purchases can contain treasure or junk, often a mix of both, yours looks like it was worth it though!

Yeah it is kind of buying one of those Kinder eggs (but I heard they are forbidden in the US).

fgenesis wrote on 2021-06-03, 19:32:

Keep the card for when you get a chance to fix it. Soldering SMD/ceramic caps is not hard, best ask around in your local hackerspace or something 😁

EDIT: And if it's just voltage stabilizing ones the capacity shouldn't matter much, if you don't know the original capacity but put a larger one it won't be a problem.

I searched around for tips on how to solder these but have not found anything useful, not really knowing what to search for. I would guess you use low temperature as the actual capacitor is so close to the joint..?