3dfx Archive - Different twins

OutOfRange Senior Member Offline Posts: 348 Switzerland Gender:	Different twins 30.07.05 at 14:53:26 Inspired by TM30 i unmounted two heatsinks from two V3 3000 cards.... and found something interesting nothing special, but makes me happy somehow
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frank-bao Senior Member Offline I love voodoo for ever! Posts: 258 Ningbo.CHN. Gender:	Re: Different twins Reply #1 - 30.07.05 at 15:03:07 earlier version above one
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OutOfRange Senior Member Offline Posts: 348 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Different twins Reply #2 - 30.07.05 at 15:11:16 yes, got some other third party v3's with the old 3dfx-logo on the chip but never seen one from STB self with this in my collection
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Thandor Ex Member What's the fuzz all about?	Re: Different twins Reply #3 - 30.07.05 at 16:11:49 And what about the dates ? (PCB, Chipdate etc.)
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Re: Different twins
Reply #4 - 30.07.05 at 17:13:29

old logo card:
BIOS 1.8
PCB labeled as week 11 Year 99
Chip label:
F10515.10
9912 20005
Tawian 1301

new logo card:
BIOS 2.15.07
PCB labeled as week 19 year 99
Chip label.
F10808.10
9916 20005
Taiwan 3301

both chips are labeled: 3000 355-0017-010

both cards have Rec C PCB and the same 6ns RAM
weird about the Rev C is the difference on the AGP connectors right part: the old card hasn't the same form as the newer one, some prints on the PCB are also different, and the production date isn't printed at the same place on the PCB. same with the 3dfx logo on the back of the pcb... there's one on the newer but no on the older card.

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janskjaer Ex Member	Re: Different twins Reply #5 - 30.07.05 at 18:42:28 yet the chips have weeks 11 and 16. It is then between those weeks during production, the shift to the new logo was made. I should imagine that is all that's different between the two chips. A simple case of production time.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Different twins Reply #6 - 30.07.05 at 19:33:58 you meant between weeks 11 and 19 heeh yeah rather cool to know really.
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janskjaer Ex Member	Re: Different twins Reply #7 - 30.07.05 at 21:41:17 No. The PBC's are labelled 11 and 19, but the chips are 12 and 16. In between those dates, the decision for the logo swap for the card was made.
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edmundoab God Member Offline Settling down back in Malaysia Posts: 651 Shah Alam, MALAYSIA Gender:	Re: Different twins Reply #8 - 31.07.05 at 17:04:49 nice to see its actual looks without the heatsink =)
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Different twins Reply #9 - 31.07.05 at 17:35:08 yeaps, the cards have an entirely new look like this
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OutOfRange Senior Member Offline Posts: 348 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Different twins Reply #10 - 31.07.05 at 18:25:22 and it's very easy to clean the gpus... there are only pads under the heatsinks not the ugly glue which is under the VSA100 ones.
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: Different twins Reply #11 - 31.07.05 at 20:04:19 What are you gonna replace the stock heatsinks with?
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OutOfRange Senior Member Offline Posts: 348 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Different twins Reply #12 - 31.07.05 at 21:24:26 the cards are not in use this moment. i put them in the showcase without heatsinks, they're lookin nice there
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janskjaer Ex Member	Re: Different twins Reply #13 - 02.08.05 at 00:37:50 Note the numbers '3' and '4' on the AGP foot of the earlier and the later card, respectively. What do you suspect these indicate? ???
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Re: Different twins
Reply #14 - 02.08.05 at 01:23:33

some newer motherboards has hardware locks to hold the agp card stable in the port.. if you have a card like the older one, the lock cannot close so you must pull it off from your motherboard to use the card.

interesting thing about is, that the PCB Rev. is still the same on both cards. it looks like the Revision are showin modifications on the electric circuits and not on the mechanic pcb himself.

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