First post, by red_avatar
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This is a tough one for me. I bought a Voodoo 3 3000 for my Pentium III Windows 98 system since it seems the perfect card for both DOS and Windows 9X games (apparently Voodoo 3 has high DOS VESA compatibility).
The seller claims it was fully working when he sold it but when I tested in my system, it refuses to boot, getting the typical 1 long, 3 short beeps.
I tried the following:
- reseated the RAM and even removed RAM sticks
- removed the IO shield so I could push the card deeper into the AGP slot
- cleaned the contacts thoroughly
- did a CMOS reset
- inserted & removed the card a dozen times to make sure the contacts in the port aren't dirty
- tested with other AGP cards (those all work)
Now this motherboard is the P6F91i and not much can be found about it related to Voodoo 3 cards but it has the Intel 8244 BX chipset which from I read SHOULD be compatible.
The problem is that this is currently my only AGP 3.3V system so I have no way to test it in another system. However, I'm still within my window to request a refund.
Basically, is there anything else I could test? Do you believe the card is really dead?
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