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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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Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Reply #1 - 17.03.06 at 02:43:14
 
you could use imageshack Paul Wink

But congrats for resurructing that Napalm 5500 great healing lad Cheesy The Force Is Strong In You Smiley
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Reply #2 - 17.03.06 at 03:20:00
 
Yeah Congrats on the repair Grin

It's no easy task to re-solder those tiny components back on Wink
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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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Re: Voodoo V5500 - Fixed!
Reply #4 - 17.03.06 at 23:22:36
 
Images emailed - now check YOUR PM's! Grin

LOL! (it's 3Dfx tennis...) Roll Eyes
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Reply #5 - 18.03.06 at 03:17:13
 
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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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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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Reply #8 - 19.03.06 at 22:43:05
 
hehe well nice to meet ya Paul Smiley you look happy there hay haha nice one mate Smiley

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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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... Roll Eyes

...not to mention the fact that I had the ideal replacement components from a dead V5500 too. Wink

It's all luck...and 20 years of electronics expecience! LOL! Grin
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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 Wink
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