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paulpsomiadis

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Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
17.03.06 at 02:11:58

Yes indeedy! Grin

For those who have been following the forum for...well a LONG time now... Tongue

You will know that a while back (like a month or so) I bought a slightly damaged V5500 from @Renner. Cheesy

It arrived last week and was fixed within about 20 min. Wink

I just needed to de-solder two surface mount capacitors from an old [and VERY dead] V5500 and re-solder them onto the card @Renner sent me. 8)

I finally got around to testing the card the other day (I've been busy with a few things lately...sorry folks!) and it works like a charm. Grin

I have three pictures of the restoration if someone will volunteer to host them for me... ???

More comments after the pics... Wink

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #1 - 17.03.06 at 02:43:14 you could use imageshack Paul But congrats for resurructing that Napalm 5500 great healing lad The Force Is Strong In You
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #2 - 17.03.06 at 03:20:00 Yeah Congrats on the repair It's no easy task to re-solder those tiny components back on
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Renner Full Member Offline Frequent Failure Posts: 109 Alberta, Canada Gender:	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #3 - 17.03.06 at 16:11:53 I'll host the images, Paul. Check your PM's.
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #4 - 17.03.06 at 23:22:36 Images emailed - now check YOUR PM's! LOL! (it's 3Dfx tennis...)
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Renner Full Member Offline Frequent Failure Posts: 109 Alberta, Canada Gender:	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #5 - 18.03.06 at 03:17:13 Pictures: "Just call me the Harry Potter of 3Dfx..." "The replaced capacitors." "The restored card in all its glory." (Click for bigger, blurrier versions. )
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Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Reply #6 - 19.03.06 at 01:19:24

Sorry that the pic's are blurry folks! Roll Eyes

All I have on hand is a 1.3M pixel webcam... Tongue

No film in a 'proper' camera at the moment! Sad

Anyhow, some comments:

1. Yup, it's me with the card...not much else to say really. Tongue

2. The troublesome capacitors - yeah, surface mount is always a pain the the A$$ to solder, but if it worked - who cares right? Grin

3. The restored card in all it's glory - I originally intended to add Zalman heatsinks and make it a 'silent' V5500...but in the end I just decided to restore it's original looks. 8)

That's all folks! Wink

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Renner Full Member Offline Frequent Failure Posts: 109 Alberta, Canada Gender:	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #7 - 19.03.06 at 01:44:56 I'm sure glad it worked out. All is well with the world.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #8 - 19.03.06 at 22:43:05 hehe well nice to meet ya Paul you look happy there hay haha nice one mate Like the Engineers say in Red Alert2 : " I'm Your Handy Man" You have the Force to heal 3dfx cards, you might become the new Hank Semenec Nice go Europe!
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #9 - 20.03.06 at 02:43:20 Quote: you might become the new Hank Semenec Heh, I appreciate the compliment - but I'm just a hobbyist with a LOT of soldering experience... ...not to mention the fact that I had the ideal replacement components from a dead V5500 too. It's all luck...and 20 years of electronics expecience! LOL!
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed! Reply #10 - 20.03.06 at 13:04:22 hmm not luck it's more like a good co'incidence that you can do this We Jedi call that nollage
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