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Komponent Senior Member Offline 3dfx modder Posts: 282	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #30 - 03.04.13 at 15:06:24 A23, A15 and B15. Strapping is 4.7kohm to GND.
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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #31 - 04.04.13 at 10:19:50 Komponent wrote on 03.04.13 at 15:06:24: A23, A15 and B15. Strapping is 4.7kohm to GND. Amazing Komponent. I will order tsop 32Mb for mod V5. ps. Would be possible V4 agp @256Mb? Regards, Oscar.
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Reply #32 - 04.04.13 at 18:59:50

I don't know if I was clear enough. To set the TSOP capacity a combination of A23, A15 and B15 strapped to GND with 4.7k or not is used. There are documented settings only up to 16Mb for chip but there are other combination unassigned.
They might mean something or not. Until someone tries we can't know for sure.
For my personal opinion: BIOS and/or VSA100 might be limited to 64Mb per chipset (a total of max. 2).

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Loeschzwerg Senior Member Offline AAlchemy PSU maker :-) Posts: 396 Germany -> Bavaria -> Augsburg Gender:	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #33 - 04.04.13 at 19:55:58 Komponent wrote on 04.04.13 at 18:59:50: ... For my personal opinion: BIOS and/or VSA100 might be limited to 64Mb per chipset (a total of max. 2). Which would mean piggybacking is the only way. This would at least describe the mentioned 64MB per VSA100 (single chipset) in the spec sheets.
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Reply #34 - 05.04.13 at 11:03:11

It means by the design of the V4 agp with 8 tsop forma can 'cheat' to the limitations of the card and 128Mb per card is possible. However adding 32Mb per chip in V5 card for his design the only 4 tsop per chip would not be possible to enable 128Mb per chip if it is not done via piggybacking, right?

Anyway, I will add 32Mb per chip and see what happens with set combination of A23, A15 and B15 strapped to GND with 4.7k.

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Reply #35 - 05.04.13 at 11:18:16

osckhar wrote on 05.04.13 at 11:03:11:

It means by the design of the V4 agp with 8 tsop forma can 'cheat' to the limitations of the card and 128Mb per card is possible. However adding 32Mb per chip in V5 card for his design the only 4 tsop per chip would not be possible to enable 128Mb per chip if it is not done via piggybacking, right?

Yes, that's what it could mean. But we can't say for sure unless someone tested it.

If you try the 32MB way, I will go for piggybacking. Shared research

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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #36 - 05.04.13 at 11:29:57 Deal done!
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #37 - 06.04.13 at 21:26:05 Great work Komponent ! Nice to see you back . Keep us informed please about the next projects
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Komponent Senior Member Offline 3dfx modder Posts: 282	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #38 - 07.04.13 at 14:40:18 Sorry, no money available in the near future to buy the stuff I need to complete the new modds that I have plans for.
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #39 - 07.04.13 at 14:41:13 what do you need ? maybe we can help you Are you thinking of a Group buy for the 32MB 166Mhz ISSI SDRAM Chips ?
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Reply #40 - 16.04.13 at 17:13:00

Thanks, but I strongly doubt I can be helped, as the thing I lack is, to be blunt, obviously money Grin

However, I can disclose that I have no plans for 32Mb chips, nor for piggybacking 16Mb chips as these projects are in the best capable hands of Osckhar and Loeschzwerg and as all of us, can't wait to see positive results.
For sure when I'll have some free time I will try to produce new 3dfx mods with the available resources, but, no worry, I'll keep you posted.

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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #41 - 27.04.13 at 09:27:37 what about the idea to sold these TSOP sockets on a voodoo5, and then to change the memories anytime as needed Here, an idea about the sockets.
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Komponent Senior Member Offline 3dfx modder Posts: 282	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #42 - 04.05.13 at 07:22:44 Finally (!!!) had some free time to complete modding another Voodoo5 PCI to 128Mb, this one for a mate that I owe alot of gratitude, Rolo01:
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Komponent Senior Member Offline 3dfx modder Posts: 282	Re: Finaly! Voodoo5 PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #43 - 07.05.13 at 18:57:34 Had the chance to work on a beautiful card, Mac Voodoo5 5500 PCI. This one belongs to M14Radu and was just modded to 128Mb: Now... I wish I would also do the Mac Voodoo4 PCI 64Mb, if only someone would ask me for such
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Finally! Voodoo5PCI mod to 128Mb The Ugly Duckling Reply #44 - 07.05.13 at 19:41:35 Amazing Komponent ! This was your first moded V5 card with DVI, right ?
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