Voodoo 5500 AGP problems!

Started by f2bnp, 18 August 2010, 01:38:11

Previous topic - Next topic

f2bnp

Hello to everybody, I would to introduce myself. My name is Nick and I'm a big fan of 3Dfx. So I finally got a Voodoo 5500 AGP for my Retro PC. The motherboard is a Slot 1 one with support for AGP 2x so it's definitely ok for the card.
Now the problem is that the card won't work. Simply put, if I connect the needed power cable, it refuses to power up at all. I see some slight movement in the fans of both the card and the cpu, but it just stops. If I remove the cable though it powers up but of course it doesn't post.

I tried 3 more motherboards and a couple of extra PSU's and it still produces the same problem. I tried disconnecting every other extra device and it still stays like that. I emailed the seller and he told me it worked fine last time he checked, and that nevertheless he would give me a refund. Thing is, on the back of the card and on the far right, where the vga out is located, "DEFECT!" is written with a green marker. This makes things even weirder!

What do you think is going on?
Got any suggestions of what might be wrong?
 

ms-dos

#1
QuoteOriginally posted by f2bnp

Thing is, on the back of the card and on the far right, where the vga out is located, "DEFECT!" is written with a green marker. This makes things even weirder!
can I get a pic of this
 

f2bnp

#2
Sure mate. I took 3 pictures of the whole card, but they're a bit low res, excuse me for that they were taken with my cellphone.

http://img696.imageshack.us/i/0162j.jpg/
http://img687.imageshack.us/i/0159l.jpg/
http://img696.imageshack.us/i/0162j.jpg/
 

f2bnp

Oopsss!

Check them out now.
Thought that embedding the thumbnails would allow you to see the bigger ones.
 

ms-dos

#4
looks like someone wrote on it with a sharpie marker
I'd return the card and get a refund for it
 

f2bnp

The seller told me he doesn't need me to return it and he'll give me a refund on it so that's why I'm trying to find a way to fix the problem. Any suggestions?
 

ms-dos

#6
seeing that the card dose not work you could try baking the card
this may fix it
 

Rolo01

Maybe the card won´t post because of a bad bios flash.
Read here :
http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1077
Scroll down to the post of HankSemenec and do as he suggested.
Be sure to boot the pc with a non-3dfx primary graphics card.
 

f2bnp

Thing is the computer doesn't power up at all if I connect the required connector. If I remove it it just doesn't post and no beeps are coming from the speaker.
 

Rolo01

Looks like a dead card then, sorry.
 

ms-dos

#10
QuoteOriginally posted by f2bnp

Thing is the computer doesn't power up at all if I connect the required connector. If I remove it it just doesn't post and no beeps are coming from the speaker.
sounds like baking the card may fix it
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606658