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Title: V5 MAC - Desktop freezes!
Post by DarkRaven on 06.03.06 at 18:43:12

Hi!
I bought the v5 at an auction on ebay. This card came from usa yesterday. I put it into my computer and flashed it with the 1.18 bios at first. I used it as secondary card. After switching i cant believe my eyes: the desktop froze. As primary its the same problem. Then i thought it is a bios problem and flashed it back to 1.16. I tried it as primary again: the card works for ~10sec. After resizing a window the desktop froze again.
Does somebody have an idea? I'm very thankful for advices!!!

Title: Re: V5 MAC - Desktop freezes!
Post by paulpsomiadis on 07.03.06 at 00:41:51

Are both of the cooling fans spinning efficiently?

Could be overheating...

Also, what are your system specs?

Mainboard? RAM? CPU? O.S.?

Please give more info...

Title: Re: V5 MAC - Desktop freezes!
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 07.03.06 at 01:51:35

Try and use Single Chip Mode Dark Raven that should work:

here is where you can sellect Single Chip Mode:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/albums/album04/Voodoo5_5000_AGP_FSAA_x4_setting.thumb.jpg

May The Force Be With You buddy :)

Title: Re: V5 MAC - Desktop freezes!
Post by DarkRaven on 07.03.06 at 19:29:33

thx for all advices!! i know the problem know, its the asrock k7s8xe motherboard. it doesnt have a good compatibility with the v5 mac. in my old k7sv5za elitegroup motherboard the voodoocard works perfectly. i also tried out UT99 with 3dfx glide -> the second gpu works too. strange that asrock has such compatibility problems with older cards.

Title: Re: V5 MAC - Desktop freezes!
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 07.03.06 at 19:31:59

yeps I knew it was the mainboard in some cases I did have that feeling :) But good to see you got it's going :)