PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2025-10-11, 12:51:

Gold Leader-B747 wrote on 2025-10-10, 23:59:

ah oke, thanks in advance,It's just strange way to cripple a forum if you ask me, but I guess they have certain reasons for it, […]
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chinny22 wrote on 2025-10-08, 23:34:

DM's are enabled after a certain amount of posts, exact number I forget

ah oke, thanks in advance,It's just strange way to cripple a forum if you ask me, but I guess they have certain reasons for it, which I do respect.

As for sharing them drivers, I could do that, that is if I am aloud to share files here, then I'd happily do so.
ASOT 301 remains fantastic 😎

Think it might be around 25 -30 posts before DMs become available (took me about six or seven weeks after I joined March 2018) so get posting 😀 😀

Oh okay, no worries!

Well I do have some posts to make soon though, just paid the vital repairs for my second Gainward Voodoo2 PCI 12MB< which now has thanks to Backfire from the Voodoo Alert Forums has a renewed Chuck Frame Buffer chip, a full reflow + recap with yellow colored KEMET Tantal SMD capacitors and a full solder reflow as well, this card will be like new again despite it being well over 27 years of age., also why I waited on posting my Intel Pentium3 dream build as this second Gainward V2 is part of that project.

The K7 build is done, all I need to do now is install some games on it, it's some work around from here to there, but I'll surely get posting more once all the parts are here and all is placed together and installed correctly.
Sorry for going quiet though, just had some other things to attend to, I will post more updates soon.

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-10-09, 20:24:

Hey, can you upload the two Parhelia drivers you mentioned?

Well I hope this link works, these are the September 2003 & May 2007 driver kits for Matrox Parhelia as I carefully described in my post 😀
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17EZghFLWDGxw … iew?usp=sharing

Gold Leader-B747 wrote on 2025-10-11, 18:47:

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-10-09, 20:24:

Hey, can you upload the two Parhelia drivers you mentioned?

Well I hope this link works, these are the September 2003 & May 2007 driver kits for Matrox Parhelia as I carefully described in my post 😀
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17EZghFLWDGxw … iew?usp=sharing

Thanks. So you basically installed the '03 version normally then ran the installer for the '07 version to decompress it then installed the driver through device manager?

Jackal1983 wrote on Yesterday, 04:51:

Gold Leader-B747 wrote on 2025-10-11, 18:47:

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-10-09, 20:24:

Hey, can you upload the two Parhelia drivers you mentioned?

Well I hope this link works, these are the September 2003 & May 2007 driver kits for Matrox Parhelia as I carefully described in my post 😀
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17EZghFLWDGxw … iew?usp=sharing

Thanks. So you basically installed the '03 version normally then ran the installer for the '07 version to decompress it then installed the driver through device manager?

Yes correct I used the installer of the September 2003 driver the 1.5.0.107 and then unpacked the May 2007 driver and used the Device manager to update the WDM driver kit for my Matrox Parhelia AGP 256MB to 1.13.0.158

Gold Leader-B747 wrote on Yesterday, 22:48:

Jackal1983 wrote on Yesterday, 04:51:

Gold Leader-B747 wrote on 2025-10-11, 18:47:

Well I hope this link works, these are the September 2003 & May 2007 driver kits for Matrox Parhelia as I carefully described in my post 😀
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17EZghFLWDGxw … iew?usp=sharing

Thanks. So you basically installed the '03 version normally then ran the installer for the '07 version to decompress it then installed the driver through device manager?

Yes correct I used the installer of the September 2003 driver the 1.5.0.107 and then unpacked the May 2007 driver and used the Device manager to update the WDM driver kit for my Matrox Parhelia AGP 256MB to 1.13.0.158

Thanks. I snapped up a NOS "MED" variant of the Parhelia for a decent deal which is basically the same as the AGP 4x/8x Parhelia just with a special vbios. Apparently it is compatible with standard drivers via either a force install or (l suspect) an INF mod. I might try flashing the standard bios onto the card, too. Should make for an interesting build with a P4, a fast Athlon XP, or a S754 A64.