thx for all advices!! i know the problem know, its the asrock k7s8xe motherboard. it doesnt have a good compatibility with the v5 mac. in my old k7sv5za elitegroup motherboard the voodoocard works perfectly. i also tried out UT99 with 3dfx glide -> the second gpu works too. strange that asrock has such compatibility problems with older cards.

how do you mean that? "card flash with the pc bios"? i first tried out 1.18 with DVI support, then 1.16.
i think 1.16 should work on a MAC too, but without DVI, doesnt it?

yep, if you use standard vga without drivers the v5 works without problems. But who wants to work in 640x480@16colors ? very strange

hey ps47
im writing this text while my v5 mac is running. its interesting, the v5 works without problems when i do not use graphic drivers! i installed sfft35 drivers changed to 1280x1024@32 bit and opened trillian: when the pop up of trillian was shown the desktop froze again . i changed agp -> pci in bios. Any ideas?

lol, nearly posted in the same time
my machine:
OS : win2k
Driver: tested with sfft35 und amigamerlin 3.1 r11
Others:
amd athlon 2400+
asrock k7s8xe
512 mb ddr 333 ram
other graphic card: ati radeon 9800Se
soundkarte: fortissimo 2
yep i have the chance to try it in another system, a good friend adviced me also to test it in another system thx für advice
but its interesting, why does the card work with 1.16 for more seconds in primary than in 1.18?

But if the flashing failed, i could put an other flash vers on the card, or do you mean the card didnt go along with the bios flash to pc version?

Hi!
I bought the v5 at an auction on ebay. This card came from usa yesterday. I put it into my computer and flashed it with the 1.18 bios at first. I used it as secondary card. After switching i cant believe my eyes: the desktop froze. As primary its the same problem. Then i thought it is a bios problem and flashed it back to 1.16. I tried it as primary again: the card works for ~10sec. After resizing a window the desktop froze again.
Does somebody have an idea? I'm very thankful for advices!!!

Are there some 3dfx drivers which are compatible with win2k3? does amigamerlin 3.1 r1 support win2k3?
greez DarkRaven

yep, obiwan is right, i "hope" i'll get one which will functionate in my tower *gg*, but it looks like it would ... so thx for all messages regarding to the voodoo 5!!

thx for those answers, but i know those ebay articles.
i thought i ask if i wont get one of them.
So if there is one, plz let me know!
greez DarkRaven

hy out there!
i'm new on this board and proud to be (although maybe a "little") 3dfx fan compared to you  Wink!
i have a v5 5500 agp and you surely know that this graphic card only fits in some motherboards. I have one, try to search for a pci version to use it for newer ones.  
So if anybody has one and wants to sell it, plz let me know!
greez DarkRaven!