3dfx Archive - Silent Voodoo5?

Micha

Senior Member

Offline

Got milk?

Posts: 317
Gender: male

Silent Voodoo5?
23.10.03 at 16:15:39

I want to tune my PC into a silent one and because my Voodoo5 runs still with its original fans it has become a noisy component. Well, I know there are some holes (with 5,5cm distance) at each VSA-100 for bigger coolers..anybody know which coolers (without fans) are recommended?
inf: one of the original fans is spoiled (don't know why) and so the fan-hands are scratching at the socket.
maybe somebody can show/link pictures of such mods..?

Back to top

AMD Athlon XP Thorton 2400+/2GHz (256KB L2, FSB DDR266MHz) @ Barton 2800+/2.083GHz (512KB L2, FSB DDR333MHz), HIS Radeon 9800Pro, Kingston 768MB PC2700 DDR-RAM (CL 2-3-3-7), Asus A7V8X-X, Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Seagate 160GB 7200rpm ATA100 HDD, be quiet! 400Watt PSU, Windows XP Pro MCE05

IP Logged

Rolo01 Full Member Offline Posts: 191	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #1 - 23.10.03 at 20:17:53 How about this one : http://www.voodooalert.de/graphics/galerie/voodoo55k/full/v55k_6.jpg I guess these coolers are made by Zalman...
Back to top	IP Logged

Micha Senior Member Offline Got milk? Posts: 317 Gender:	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #2 - 23.10.03 at 20:28:42 yup...or maybe asus northbridge coolers. it looks like it takes much space...maybe more than one not usable pci slot.. ??? at all, i thought of a more slim solution.
Back to top	AMD Athlon XP Thorton 2400+/2GHz (256KB L2, FSB DDR266MHz) @ Barton 2800+/2.083GHz (512KB L2, FSB DDR333MHz), HIS Radeon 9800Pro, Kingston 768MB PC2700 DDR-RAM (CL 2-3-3-7), Asus A7V8X-X, Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Seagate 160GB 7200rpm ATA100 HDD, be quiet! 400Watt PSU, Windows XP Pro MCE05 IP Logged

beta Ex Member	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #3 - 23.10.03 at 20:53:15 I had a setup like that on my old Voodoo5 before it died. Believe me it's two or three PCI slots wasted with that type of cooling. There has to be sufficient airflow gap as well or those heatsinks despite their size would be pretty useless.
Back to top	IP Logged

PhoZy YaBB Newbies Offline Ping Pong! Posts: 24	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #4 - 24.10.03 at 03:24:02 I got a question,how do u remove the heatsink fan setup that is glued to the vsa100 chip?
Back to top	IP Logged

Rolo01

Full Member

Offline

Posts: 191

Re: Silent Voodoo5?
Reply #5 - 24.10.03 at 09:57:20

This is quite easy, just put the V5 into an antistatic bag then put it into a freezer for about 1 hour.
After that take the card out and let it dry ( there may be some moisture ).
Now you can use a screwdriver to lift off the heatsinks. Better use a small plastic card ( like a credit card ) under the screwdriver to make sure not to damage the card.
After applying some force the heatsink pops up with a cracking noise.
I cleaned the surface of the VSA-100 with a razor blade and then with pure alcohol or isopropanole.

Back to top

IP Logged

PhoZy YaBB Newbies Offline Ping Pong! Posts: 24	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #6 - 24.10.03 at 12:39:40 That look sort of dangerous to me...Moisture!
Back to top	IP Logged

Rolo01 Full Member Offline Posts: 191	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #7 - 24.10.03 at 13:40:39 It isnt dangerous, as long as you dont put the ice cold card directly into your PC and switch it on... Just give it some time to dry and you´ll be fine... I have done this about 5 times by now, and it went well...
Back to top	IP Logged

PhoZy YaBB Newbies Offline Ping Pong! Posts: 24	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #8 - 24.10.03 at 13:43:58 I better get 2 cystal orb soon,as my fingers is twiching now.
Back to top	IP Logged

Micha

Senior Member

Offline

Got milk?

Posts: 317
Gender: male

Re: Silent Voodoo5?
Reply #9 - 24.10.03 at 14:52:16

but you easily could put your voodoo to garbage when you're not careful.. Tongue

f#§k, that's gotta be hard Roll Eyes

what about the voodoo3 solution? I bet these coolers from a voodoo3 3000/3500 would have enough capacity to work with VSA-100..

inf: check
http://www.voodooalert.de/graphics/galerie/voodoo55k/full/v55k_4.jpg ; Shocked

awesome mod..
http://www.voodooalert.de/graphics/galerie/voodoo55k/full/v55k_7.jpg - the mod on the card in the lower right surely is very quiet too:

Back to top

« Last Edit: 24.10.03 at 15:01:48 by Micha »

AMD Athlon XP Thorton 2400+/2GHz (256KB L2, FSB DDR266MHz) @ Barton 2800+/2.083GHz (512KB L2, FSB DDR333MHz), HIS Radeon 9800Pro, Kingston 768MB PC2700 DDR-RAM (CL 2-3-3-7), Asus A7V8X-X, Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Seagate 160GB 7200rpm ATA100 HDD, be quiet! 400Watt PSU, Windows XP Pro MCE05

IP Logged

PhoZy YaBB Newbies Offline Ping Pong! Posts: 24	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #10 - 24.10.03 at 15:01:02 if that card really breaks...i would cry
Back to top	« Last Edit: 24.10.03 at 15:01:23 by PhoZy » IP Logged

PhoZy YaBB Newbies Offline Ping Pong! Posts: 24	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #11 - 24.10.03 at 15:18:20 hi rolo1,ur trick really did the job,and everything is working properly.thx m8(i never knew these stuff could handle condensation)
Back to top	IP Logged

Rolo01 Full Member Offline Posts: 191	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #12 - 24.10.03 at 17:24:38 You´re welcome, I´m glad it worked. Did you mount 2 crystal orbs onto your V5 ? This could be quite noisy... Try running them at 7V...
Back to top	IP Logged

PhoZy YaBB Newbies Offline Ping Pong! Posts: 24	Re: Silent Voodoo5? Reply #13 - 24.10.03 at 17:43:55 i haven try them yet,as it 12 in the morning right now in Singapore ~_~,so i'm going to get em tml.
Back to top	IP Logged

beta

Ex Member

Re: Silent Voodoo5?
Reply #14 - 24.10.03 at 19:23:20

You should be looking at 4 chrystal orrbs or similar cooling. RearGPU cooling and Ramsinks is quite necessary in order to get a sufficent OC. I have heard of techniques using non conductive thermal pads for the rear of the PCB behind the GPU's. All in all you're looking at a bulky setup. Without rear chip cooling you'll be really wasting you're time and money.

Back to top

IP Logged

	Welcome, Guest. Please Login