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Message started by ps47 on 30.09.07 at 01:33:54

Title: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by ps47 on 30.09.07 at 01:33:54
the card installs fine and runs stable,but shows artifacts when running 3dgames (other hardware/software/drivers are not the issue,same system runs a fully working SBi without problems):

incubation (glide2x,2d menus/sidebars are displayed correctly):





hitman1 (glide3x,everything looks bad):





I'm wondering,what could be the source of the trouble? memory,FBIs,TMUs? if I could track it down I may just be able to fix (or let someone fix,to be precise) the card (plenty of spare chips lying around)..

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by outlaw on 30.09.07 at 15:40:43
If 2d runs fine, then i guess its the memory....tmu, or texture unites usually either freeze or show selective artifacts on textures.

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by m14radu on 30.09.07 at 19:06:34
maybe a driver problem ?

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by OutOfRange on 30.09.07 at 20:57:40
these artifacts are typical for broken memory  :-/

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by ps47 on 30.09.07 at 21:13:03

wrote on 30.09.07 at 19:06:34:
maybe a driver problem ?

nope.as I said,the same system runs another 200Sbi without problems.

I'll try inspecting the board closely,maybe I'll find some broken ram pins or something..

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by OutOfRange on 30.09.07 at 23:36:53
because all the artifacts are rasterized, i guess its the RAM where the ouput picture for the RAMDAC is prepared  :-/ hope you can find something visible on your card  :)

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by ps47 on 30.09.07 at 23:41:57
nope.the broken card looks in better shape than the working one.this will be tough :-/

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by NitroX infinity on 30.09.07 at 23:48:37
I don't know which 200SBi you have (green or black) but perhaps you could find some donor Voodoo 2 cards and use their RAM and a GENDAC chip to replace the ones on your 200SBi?

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by outlaw on 01.10.07 at 03:21:56
got a v2 with a damaged text. unite (hopefully framebuffer's and 2nd's tu's mem modules are ok) if you want (had a giveaway thread but no one wanted it).

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by ps47 on 01.10.07 at 09:54:32
methinks I'll be better selling it off the way it is-I dont like the idea of resoldering of 48 memory chips myself ::)

its a green one btw..

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by NitroX infinity on 01.10.07 at 20:06:58
Maybe Hank can help?

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by paulpsomiadis on 01.10.07 at 23:33:05
You should PM him and see if he has time... ;)

Title: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by Gemail on 02.10.07 at 07:43:45

wrote on 01.10.07 at 09:54:32:
methinks I'll be better selling it off the way it is-I dont like the idea of resoldering of 48 memory chips myself ::)
its a green one btw..


So... If you decide to sell it I would be interested into buying the card as it is (if I could cover the price).

Title: Re: half-broken 200SBi-what could be the cause?
Post by ps47 on 07.10.07 at 04:10:10
gone already..one more info-after disabling SLI the artifacts were gone,and that probably means the bad memory is somewhere on the slave v2 chipset.we'll see if the guy from CZ manages to fix it..

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