3DFX Voodoo5 5500 works on PCI-Express !!

[voodoo5k6]

@m14radu :

With Beta Koolsmoky and Sfft 1.7 drivers :

Perciom + agp2pci (33 or 66 mhz) + V5500 agp :

In 3dmark2001se there is black screen at startup.

Pericom and agp2pci adaptors are not compatible.

nb : do you look my new video on this link :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJCNtkdoDnU

[m14radu]

Yes, i saw the video. Very nice !
For pericom adapter. Try to use pericom adapter + voodoo5 5500 pci. The behaviour is the same ( black screen )? With moded and unmoded adapter ?

[voodoo5k6]

@m14radu :

With my voodoo 5 5500 pci + pericom adaptor : Full working

[m14radu]

I'm back again with some news

My Pericom adapter arrived today, thanks to Osckhar !

Of course that some tests were inevitable

I will compare it also with the PLX adapter, that i also own.

3Dmark2001 - 3307 points, without any kind of overclocking.



With PLX i get around 2950 points.

About the 66Mhz or 33Mhz operation...
First of all, in all aplications there is no sign that the adapter is running @66Mhz !
Look here in Aida software...( same status as with the PLX adapter )



I take a look also with the SIV application:





I was amazed to see that the status of the pericom adapter are the same as for the PLX adapter !

The Status of Pericom adapter is also 0x0010 ! ( same as PLX, were bit 5 is 0 -> 33 Mhz ) - here i expect the Bit 5 to be set to 1 !
The status of Voodoo5 also the same as when using the PLX adapter 0x80B0. ( this is normal )

For the Pericom adapter i get the information that the current clock is 33Mhz/66Mhz !...not very explicit...

And..i thought that the next stept is to mod the adapter with the sale tape ...i mod the adapter 3 times, using differents tapes.
Also i used 3 different voodoo5 cards, that i own.
Everytime there was no boot, no start..just black screen.

The adapter won't work if the pin 49b is covered with tape.
I checked also if the Pin49b is connected to ground. And the answer is YES, the same as by the PLX adapter !

Another intersting thing...one of my 3 voodoo5 has a custom bios flashed...this card works very well in the pci slot....but when using it together with the pericom adapter leads to system freeze !
That was not happent with the PLX adapter....that's indicates that the pericom adapter more sensible is as the PLX adapter !

@Osckhar and voodoo56k :
You own also this adapter.
Can you please take a look what Aida and SIV applications reports ( in your sistems ) ?
Some screenshots will be nice !
Thanks guys !

[voodoo5k6]

@All :

I found New adaptor : PCI Express to PCI : at 66 Mhz

System requirement :

- Computer power supply with available SP4 floppy power connector.










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Trevormacro

[m14radu]

Nice find Michael !

did you buy this adapter too ?

I take a look on my adapters again....



So here are both adapters to see.

I manage also to change some bit values
I am not sure that the Pericom adapter is working @66Mhz !

[voodoo5k6]

@m14radu :

Not buy

[m14radu]

The pericom adapter seems to be very instable.
Sometimes runs very well sometimes lead to sysrem freezes.
I test it with 3 differents voodoo5 5500 pci cards and the behavioir is the same.
The cards are running well with the plx adapter or in the pci slot.
Thats why i assume that the adapter is not very stable.
Or maybe its a compatibility problem with my mobo.
The adapter was tested in both pcie slots...no differences!

I test the adapter in win7 and winxp with different drivers..including sfft, amigamerlin and koolsomkey....
Example: the system freeze in 3dmark2001 on the first two tests...

@osckhar and voodoo56k: did you notice this instability too?

[voodoo5k6]

@m14radu :

V5500 pci on all my adaptors work fine for me !

[m14radu]

Can you post a screenshot with the siv aaplication for the pericom and supermicro adapter?
I want to see the register bits values

Thanks Michael!

[m14radu]

V5 PCI@189Mhz + Pericom pci2pcie Adapter + Win XP + Koolsmokey Driver



Without overclocking the voodoo, the score is 3300 points.
So that rising the clock from 166Mhz to 189Mhz adds 431 points !
The 4000points wall is not far, and can be achieved with a 200Mhz voodoo5

Anyway, the score is a proof enough for me that the adapter is working @66Mhz, and NO modding ( sell tape on Pin49B ) is required !

I notice that in WinXP the Pericom adapter is more stable that under Win7.
In Win7 the lookups are very frecvently, in WinXP very very rare !
Responsible for this could be also the Pericom Driver.

Even overclocked, the voodoo5 is not able to play HD movies...

[jix-reggio]

Hello 3dfx happy owners worlwide !

In a few days, January 29, it will be the first anniversary for the Voodoo5 5500 PCi bridged on PCI-Express.
A great party, is'n it ?
On this occasion, I invite on my thread  all those who have a configuration Voodoo5 5500 PCI-Express to mail one to two pictures to show their configuration and if possible how they integrated into the case.
Come on from Germany, Netherlands, China, Canada, USA, Japan, Marocco, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, etc ...  And show us your Voodoo5 5500 pci-express !

[jix-reggio]

I know really stunning pictures will come soon !!


With this guy I really learn what plug-and-play means !

[jix-reggio]

ok, I know you are very proud of your hardware,  but I expect new pictures now from other users. As I said one or two pictures are enough, could you clean a little please ?
It is not useful to post pictures several times if they are already on others locations.

[Thrakath]

Hey guys,
can someone having a PCI-X Adapter and some real PCI-X (Raid/LAN) do me a favor and see if it´s working @66Mhz or more and 64bit?
Would be very helpful for me!

Thanks Tobi