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bruter

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Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
27.10.03 at 18:37:58

Hello, I have just joined your forum. I recently upgraded my Voodoo 3 for a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP. A few days ago light gray diagonal lines appeared on my monitor after a few hours of operation. There is also a wide horizontal band that scrolls down the screen as well. I suspect that the 5500 is responsible but maybe it's just a setting?

Any feedback on this issue would be greatly appreciated!

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bruter YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor Reply #1 - 27.10.03 at 19:22:21 The card is not overclocked to my knowledge. The person I purchased the card from also said that it was never overclocked.
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Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Reply #2 - 27.10.03 at 20:24:08

Hm, if your Voodoo5 is a used, 2nd hand one, check that both fans are

a) still working and
b) that the Coolers beneath the Fans are clear of dust

When I cleaned my Voodoo5's, I found the Fans were working fine, but the amount of dust accumulated on the Coolers itself were decreasing the Cooling efficiency quite alot, making the Chips run very hot Tongue

(The Fans can be easily taken off by removing the 4 little screws. That makes cleaning the Cooler itself very easy)

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bruter YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor Reply #3 - 28.10.03 at 00:09:28 Great, thanks a bunch. I will remove the card and check its cleanliness. As for the "downclocking", how would I go about doing this. (Sorry, never touched those settings before!)
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bruter YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor Reply #4 - 28.10.03 at 03:27:55 Well, I took the fans off and , there was a lot of dust on the coolers. So, I cleaned the coolers and fans and I guess now we'll just wait and see. Thanks FalconFly!!
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Reply #5 - 28.10.03 at 14:33:07

Win9x has the overclocking tab, you can download a small .exe that will enable it for you. 'overclock.exe'.

As patience is saying if the problem continues you'll need to clock below default, this will establish if there is a temperature issue or not. Though usually overheating causes complete lock up and static vertical stipes or a freeze with looping sound in games, in my experience. Your diagonal stipes with scrolling horizontal bar is a new one on me... hopefully someone else may have seen this symptom before. Doesn't sound like a problem with the SDRAM either...

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bruter YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor Reply #6 - 28.10.03 at 15:10:18 The driver I am using is the Amigamerlin V. 2.9 for Win 9x. I don't have the overclock tab.
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beta Ex Member	Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor Reply #7 - 28.10.03 at 17:25:49 Quote: ...you can download a small .exe that will enable it for you. 'overclock.exe'. You will find it here. You can also adjust the clock from 3dfx tools with Amigamerlin 2.9.
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