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?
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?