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Title: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by paulpsomiadis on 17.03.06 at 02:11:58

Yes indeedy! ;D

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

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

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

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. ;D

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

More comments after the pics... ;)

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 17.03.06 at 02:43:14

you could use imageshack Paul ;)

But congrats for resurructing that Napalm 5500 great healing lad :D The Force Is Strong In You :)

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by gamma742 on 17.03.06 at 03:20:00

Yeah Congrats on the repair ;D

It's no easy task to re-solder those tiny components back on ;)

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by Renner on 17.03.06 at 16:11:53

I'll host the images, Paul. Check your PM's.

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by paulpsomiadis on 17.03.06 at 23:22:36

Images emailed - now check YOUR PM's! ;D

LOL! (it's 3Dfx tennis...) ::)

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by Renner on 18.03.06 at 03:17:13

Pictures:

http://www.flawlesscowboy.ca/Images/Voodoo/V5500_Damage_GPPRework_01TN.jpg
"Just call me the Harry Potter of 3Dfx..."

http://www.flawlesscowboy.ca/Images/Voodoo/V5500_Damage_GPPRework_02TN.jpg
"The replaced capacitors."

http://www.flawlesscowboy.ca/Images/Voodoo/V5500_Damage_GPPRework_03TN.jpg
"The restored card in all its glory."

(Click for bigger, blurrier versions. :P ;D )

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by paulpsomiadis on 19.03.06 at 01:19:24

Sorry that the pic's are blurry folks! ::)

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

No film in a 'proper' camera at the moment! :(

Anyhow, some comments:

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

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

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! ;)

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by Renner on 19.03.06 at 01:44:56

I'm sure glad it worked out. All is well with the world.

;D

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 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!

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by paulpsomiadis on 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! ;D

Title: Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 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 ;)