havli wrote on 2026-10-17, 16:08:Finished modding Voodoo4 PCI today. DVI output works fine 😀
What does it take to mod this, except solder the DVI port in place?
Searching anything Nexgen, PM me if you have one. Also ATI Rage 128 PCI cards.
Hi all
This weekend managed to fix a run of the mill Sound Blaster 16 Value (CT2770) that was having a problem in the opl generated music. the level was extremely low and somewhat distorted. Followed the TDA1387 output, to the MC3403 op-amp, and found faulty dc coupling caps on the output.
New 4,7uF/50V in place, and now works as intended.
Minutemanqvs wrote on Yesterday, 16:25:What does it take to mod this, except solder the DVI port in place?
You need to solder the TMDS chip, bunch or resistors, capacitors and other components. When all the hardware parts are in place, then BIOS with DVI support is also required.
Detailed guide can be found here https://www.voodooalert.de/board/forum/index. … 00-dvi-upgrade/
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Upgraded my P3-933 to 512MB of PC133 SDRAM.
Driving myself nuts by mislaying things again. Trying to test some cards which have DVI-D on, while only being set up with a 15pin monitor in the space. And it being a huge PITA to switch monitor. What would get me out of the hole would be the HDMI To VGA adapter as most of them have HDMI also... buuuut of course it ran and hid as soon as it got a hint I might need it.
But yeah, last night figured that the suspected R5-240 was indeed an R5-240 with Oland Pro core. GCN bare minimum. Biggest suckage really was that it was the 1GB spec not 2GB. Though for some reason NOW I'm seeing it doesn't have any Video Encoding, whereas I thought it was gonna. Jumping back a figurative 2 generations, but not actually, to a 7750 for that I guess. Though I last went into this stuff long enough ago that linux encoding support sucked so bad on nVidia that it made the HD6450 look good, but gotta check again. Guess all the cool kids are using H.265 now and I might have only checked for H.264.
Aha!!!, I knew that would work, Murphy loves making a liar out of me, complain about it, then as I type it up, have a thought, then reach my hand out to the right, rummage, and grabbed the little bugger, HDMI to VGA.. ... though this is a second one I bought, first one I remember screwing around on an android box with, hmmm better not malign the wise old "professor" Murphy too much then, don't know this one works yet.... off to try..
Edit: woohoo, first next card works and is 1030GT confirmed GP108-300 .. these are very recently getting Win98 drivers... I don't expect it will help the price of low profile examples, saw one go for $75 the other day, 7 year old used low end, crazy. Due to the kerfuffle getting going don't think I have time for others tonight.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
