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Reply 55540 of 56042, by PcBytes

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Welp, since it was late and I couldn't do much, I just resorted to firing up an MP3 of Rob Zombie - Dragula on the AWE32, with an Altec Lansing VS4121 system connected to it.

This card is absolutely amazing. I've never heard sound so clear being outputted before. Aside from my ole' CT2770A (which kinda makes sense given the 3900 design basically incorporates a SB16 to an extent), none of my other cards (SB Audigy 1394, SB Live 5.1, Aureal Vortex 2 AU8830A2, ESS AudioDrive 1869F, etc.) come anywhere near close to how this AWE32 sounds. For $73, it was worth it.

For those curious, the bench build used was:
- Epox EP-51MVP3E-M
- 768MB RAM
- AMD K6-II+ 500MHz
- 36GB Seagate ST336607LW 10K RPM SCSI HDD @ Adaptec AHA-2940UW controller w/ Win98SE installed
- Diamond Stealth S540 16MB + Voodoo 2 12MB PCI
- NEC USB2 card
- RTL8169C Gigabit LAN (which runs at full speed, surprisingly, and good god I never saw 98SE download stuff THIS fast.)

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Reply 55541 of 56042, by Trashbytes

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Grabbed this PCI EvilKing Voodoo3, card looks to be in good condition but its untested so fingers crossed.

Wasnt expensive either due to being untested.

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Reply 55542 of 56042, by zuldan

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Trashbytes wrote on 2024-12-20, 03:41:

Grabbed this PCI EvilKing Voodoo3, card looks to be in good condition but its untested so fingers crossed.

Wasnt expensive either due to being untested.

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Very nice. Really hope it works. Might just need a BIOS reflash.

Reply 55543 of 56042, by Trashbytes

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zuldan wrote on 2024-12-20, 04:01:
Trashbytes wrote on 2024-12-20, 03:41:

Grabbed this PCI EvilKing Voodoo3, card looks to be in good condition but its untested so fingers crossed.

Wasnt expensive either due to being untested.

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Very nice. Really hope it works. Might just need a BIOS reflash.

Not sure, seller didn't say it had anything wrong with it just that they cant test it so it may just fire right up, I have a P3 rig I can throw it into to test when it gets here, itll also work fine as a flashing rig if it needs that.

Dont know what Ill do with it yet but one doesn't pass up a cheap PCI Voodoo3 😁

Reply 55544 of 56042, by Intel486dx33

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Trashbytes wrote on 2024-12-20, 03:41:

Grabbed this PCI EvilKing Voodoo3, card looks to be in good condition but its untested so fingers crossed.

Wasnt expensive either due to being untested.

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I purchased two of these not working.
Yhe video came out messed up.
The fix was to reflow the memory chips.
If you have some sort of video then the GPU chip is okay.
It’s either the Memory chips or capacitors that need fixing. Or PCB traces.
Hope it works.
And get a BIGGER fan to put on this card because the GPU chip runs HOT and will ruin the PCB or solder welds will break eventually.
This is what plagued the PCI Video cards was the Surface mount components.
The process was to bake the PCB with components in an oven with solder paste.
But the solder paste did not always weld good enough so eventually the components fell off or solder connections
Broke.
It’s an easy fix if you have a heat gun and some solder paste.
Just reflow the bad chip with solder paste.
Set your heat gun to the melting point of the solder. I think it’s about 130 degrees around there.
Put some solder paste on the broken connection and let the heat from the heat gun repair the broken connection.
Then clean the area with some Isoprobial alcohol
Should only take you about five minutes to reflow all the memory chips.
But don’t touch the GPU chip unless you have a stenciel and solder balls.
That GPU chip is more difficult to repair.

See my post on how I fixed mine.
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Reply 55545 of 56042, by myne

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I recommend a proper rework station, and proper flux, and being prepared to replace all the caps you will probably kill.

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Reply 55546 of 56042, by appiah4

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PcBytes wrote on 2024-12-20, 03:10:
Welp, since it was late and I couldn't do much, I just resorted to firing up an MP3 of Rob Zombie - Dragula on the AWE32, with a […]
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Welp, since it was late and I couldn't do much, I just resorted to firing up an MP3 of Rob Zombie - Dragula on the AWE32, with an Altec Lansing VS4121 system connected to it.

This card is absolutely amazing. I've never heard sound so clear being outputted before. Aside from my ole' CT2770A (which kinda makes sense given the 3900 design basically incorporates a SB16 to an extent), none of my other cards (SB Audigy 1394, SB Live 5.1, Aureal Vortex 2 AU8830A2, ESS AudioDrive 1869F, etc.) come anywhere near close to how this AWE32 sounds. For $73, it was worth it.

For those curious, the bench build used was:
- Epox EP-51MVP3E-M
- 768MB RAM
- AMD K6-II+ 500MHz
- 36GB Seagate ST336607LW 10K RPM SCSI HDD @ Adaptec AHA-2940UW controller w/ Win98SE installed
- Diamond Stealth S540 16MB + Voodoo 2 12MB PCI
- NEC USB2 card
- RTL8169C Gigabit LAN (which runs at full speed, surprisingly, and good god I never saw 98SE download stuff THIS fast.)

Uh.. You are telling me that the CT3900 sounds cleaner than an Audigy? Because that is, like, objectively, not even remotely possible.

Reply 55547 of 56042, by Wes1262

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new x850xt, new problems
card emits some coil noise, which might be normal but i thought to mention it.
card shows some artifacts during post, almost never loads into windows, but when it does (two times) it managed to run 3dmark05 completely
wiggling the card in the slot causes the artifacts to move. pushing the memories doesnt seem to change anything
the card has been cleaned thoroughly, multiple times, and it's quite definitely not a pcie slot contacts problem

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Reply 55548 of 56042, by Kahenraz

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appiah4 wrote on 2024-12-20, 06:07:

Uh.. You are telling me that the CT3900 sounds cleaner than an Audigy? Because that is, like, objectively, not even remotely possible.

Maybe he has noise on the PCI bus?

Reply 55549 of 56042, by appiah4

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Kahenraz wrote on 2024-12-20, 08:11:
appiah4 wrote on 2024-12-20, 06:07:

Uh.. You are telling me that the CT3900 sounds cleaner than an Audigy? Because that is, like, objectively, not even remotely possible.

Maybe he has noise on the PCI bus?

And not on the ISA bus?

Reply 55550 of 56042, by PD2JK

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I read something about S/P-DIF on an AWE32. Kinda experimental of course, not official. And one could consider that cheating, not using the boards' DAC. 😉

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Reply 55552 of 56042, by pitchshifter

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Arrived today this Genoa CL GD-5426 and this EXP4044 with cpu and memory.. Too bad is the 5v only version, missing the voltage regulator on this one.

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Reply 55553 of 56042, by marxveix

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Pino wrote on 2024-12-19, 18:05:

I remember a while ago someone posted a AIW card collection and the only one missing was the Rage PRO.

Nice AIW card, i love old Rage3, my first 3D card it was, it was regular Rage Pro 4MB + 4MB upgrade module.

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Reply 55554 of 56042, by AGP4LIfe?

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Picked put a nice lot of video cards for 27$, and scored a nice Geforce 2 ultra out of the deal 😁. There was some other nice PCIE cards in the lot but unfortunately they were all dead.. and a dead FX 5500 as well..

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Who decides what truth is, and what is their objective? Today’s falseness can reappear as tomorrow’s truth.

Reply 55555 of 56042, by interflux

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AGP4LIfe? wrote on 2024-12-21, 07:45:

Picked put a nice lot of video cards for 27$, and scored a nice Geforce 2 ultra out of the deal 😁. There was some other nice PCIE cards in the lot but unfortunately they were all dead.. and a dead FX 5500 as well..

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That is a heck of a find! I paid $34 for a GeForce 2 GTS last month and I thought I was getting a great deal, heh. I like the two-tone cooler and the golden RAM heatsinks on your card. The S-Video output is nice as well.

Build #1: 800 MHz PIII / 384 MB RAM / SB Live! Value (CT4670) / GeForce 2 GTS
Build #2: XP 2600+ (Barton) / 1 GB HyperX RAM / SB Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350) / GeForce 6600 GT | Radeon HD 4650 GDDR3

Reply 55556 of 56042, by douglar

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I finally found an affordable Promise Eide 4030 plus

The sad news was when it arrived, the powersupply would shut off when the board was inserted.

Tantalum capacitor TC8 was shorting +12V to ground and surface mount capacitor C6 was just missing.

Is this repairable or is this likely just the tip of the iceberg ? Nothing else appears to be damaged.

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Reply 55558 of 56042, by Nexxen

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Bought a broken socket 7 board. Sold as nothing @ power on.
Powered it on (edit: after removing and reseating ics) and it was 100% working.
I am confused. Seller said he tested it with 2 good PSUs. Didn't bother to reseat the socketed chips. He laughed at is haste.
7€, but no fun at troubleshooting. 🙁

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Reply 55559 of 56042, by fosterwj03

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I purchased this Medion Radeon 9800XL yesterday from eBay (seller's photo). I'm going to use this in my Windows 95 retro rocket (Core 2 Duo X6800) now that I figured out how to install Win9X drivers that support it with full DirectX and OpenGL functionality per the Vogons thread below:

ATI Radeon 9200 AGP card in Windows 95?

I hope that the lower clocks and third-party design will provide greater longevity for the GPU than the Radeon 9800 Pro's reference design.

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