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rottentreats God Member Offline 3dfx > Reality Posts: 616 Minnesota [USA] Gender:	Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style Reply #60 - 19.06.09 at 03:33:41 I will try and get the AA5 system up and running this weekend... ( Tonights little project requires a big thanks to RazrX, I could not have done it without his tips and advice. Althought I do have have the gahones to use either this power adapter or Voodoo Volts, it's just nice to have...
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razrx God Member Offline 3dfx Addict Posts: 839 Great Lakes, Canada Gender:	Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style Reply #61 - 19.06.09 at 05:41:41 No problemo. You were already headed in the right direction. I just gave a couple tweaks. The cable looks perfect. Well done!
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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #62 - 20.06.09 at 03:28:38

Well... the PSU boots the system and everything appears to be running fine, it detects the post sensor board (v3), and two Quantum3d AA5 PCI in the device manager. However, only the top AA5 board has a green light on (the others flash red/orange when I turn the system on), I am not sure if the bottom one is working or not... someone is going to have to tell me what I might be doing wrong. Anyways, I plug the vga cable into the top AA5 board and it works just fine... I do not appear to be getting video through the dvi/post sensor board.

Any tips for getting this running right would be greatly appreciated. A step by step check or howto would be amazing. Thanks in advance!

Here is a quick vid I made of the beast in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoT9eR4tJM

/edit: just got done playing a few rounds of UT99 w/ 8xAA. Cool

Sexay..

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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #63 - 20.06.09 at 14:24:04

rottentreats wrote on 20.06.09 at 03:28:38:

Well... the PSU boots the system and everything appears to be running fine, it detects the post sensor board (v3), and two Quantum3d AA5 PCI in the device manager. However, only the top AA5 board has a green light on (the others flash red/orange when I turn the system on), I am not sure if the bottom one is working or not... someone is going to have to tell me what I might be doing wrong. Anyways, I plug the vga cable into the top AA5 board and it works just fine... I do not appear to be getting video through the dvi/post sensor board.

Any tips for getting this running right would be greatly appreciated. A step by step check or howto would be amazing. Thanks in advance!

Here is a quick vid I made of the beast in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoT9eR4tJM

/edit: just got done playing a few rounds of UT99 w/ 8xAA. Cool

Sexay..

Complimented with a great choice of music too Wink

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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #64 - 23.06.09 at 09:06:58

rottentreats wrote on 20.06.09 at 03:28:38:

Well... the PSU boots the system and everything appears to be running fine, it detects the post sensor board (v3), and two Quantum3d AA5 PCI in the device manager. However, only the top AA5 board has a green light on (the others flash red/orange when I turn the system on), I am not sure if the bottom one is working or not... someone is going to have to tell me what I might be doing wrong. Anyways, I plug the vga cable into the top AA5 board and it works just fine... I do not appear to be getting video through the dvi/post sensor board.

Any tips for getting this running right would be greatly appreciated. A step by step check or howto would be amazing. Thanks in advance!

Here is a quick vid I made of the beast in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoT9eR4tJM

/edit: just got done playing a few rounds of UT99 w/ 8xAA. Cool

Sexay..

Green on the top AA5 is normal. ( I never paid attention to the other one flashing red/orange on power up ) I'll need to check that..

You won't get video on the SPP card without drivers and the demos that support it.

It looks like everything is functioning correctly but I'm confused.. I thought you picked up a 8464 but the video shows a 8432.. Do you have memory chip on both sides of both AA5 cards?

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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #65 - 23.06.09 at 14:14:31

Ah ok, late last night I read through the AA5 Manual and see that the single green light is "3D Output LED". I also learned some other nifty things: [http://www.quantum3d.com/support/aalchemy/AATXUsersManual.pdf]

Looking into what you said it appears I was wrong when I identified my AA5 card(s). My cards only have memory on one side of each board. Thank you for clairifying that, it is indeed a 8432DB. That just means that I will have to try and pick up a 8464DB next time one comes around.

A few pics from the other night I forgot I took...

For those who are still wondering, I stumbled upon the powresupply at a pc recycling website. (took me atleast several hours of digging)

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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #66 - 25.06.09 at 14:27:52

Ok, I search all of the V6k forum and cannot find what to do about the drivers. I know that the standard AA5 drivers do not come with glide2, and needs some modified opengl32 dlls. My question is, where do I get all of these files needed. If someone could compile the modified files for Win2k SP4 it would be greatly appreicated. Maybe rar them up and upload them somewhere.

As per Sniper in a post on the V6k forum I found this, but I can't really do much with it..

"Copied to all games the renamed opengl32.dll, glide2x and glide3xb.dll to several folders in the games, renamed the glide3xb.dll to glide3x.dll in a secound turn, but have no success with all the games."

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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #67 - 27.06.09 at 22:08:42

This page of the pictures thread covers most of the info you are looking for. Keep in mind that according to Gary, a dual card setup won't run most games if you end up using the wickedGL mini driver. I have two single boards, but I haven't found the sli connector to hook them both up to do any tinkering.

http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1171810382/225

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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #68 - 30.01.10 at 02:26:03

Welp, I am going to be having a custom acrylic case built for my V6K, so far I just had the plaque made. Now it's just a matter of finding an acrylic shop to do some custom work to fit my V6k and VV nicely. Then I can finally put it out on display.

I will update this thread again when I get it finished... might be awhile

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Tim God Member Offline Posts: 1065 Gender:	Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style Reply #69 - 30.01.10 at 10:48:59 That looks fantastic! Looking forward to the acrylic box.
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exxe God Member Offline ^^ Posts: 1316 germany	Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style Reply #70 - 30.01.10 at 11:15:37 why every use Gone but never forgotten? okay its right but i hate this proverb why not So powerful its kind of ridiculous for a four GPU card?
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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #71 - 30.01.10 at 14:21:13

exxe wrote on 30.01.10 at 11:15:37:

why every use Gone but never forgotten?
okay its right but i hate this proverb

why not So powerful its kind of ridiculous for a four GPU card?

Well, they are gone, and I will never forget them. I guess I would rather use something that means more to me, than use their slogan. I am not trying to sell anything, I am merely creating a place for my V6K to be displayed and appreciated.

When/if Chevrolet ever goes under, do you think they are going to use "Like a Rock"? I don't think so. Tongue

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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #72 - 30.01.10 at 20:42:40

Hahaha! Chevy could use the slogan, "Like a Rock," because they sunk like a rock in the auto market. The former #1 automaker in the world goes into bankruptcy protection & to taking government bailouts to be able to survive. Roll Eyes

Also, I will see what I can do to help you on your V5 6000 display case. I'll send you a message soon.

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Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style
Reply #73 - 14.02.10 at 01:51:25

My acrylic case arrived today and I got everything mounted up and screwed together.

I still have some work to do, and some things to add, but its a good start. For the rear I will be placing another black acrylic piece to cover up the tape from the other one. Any suggestions or comments are welcome as always. Cool

Alternate shot with better lighting -

One thing I will ask is, do you think I should remove the internal power wires?

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exxe God Member Offline ^^ Posts: 1316 germany	Re: A Dream Come True- V6K/AA5 Style Reply #74 - 14.02.10 at 08:52:47 rottentreats wrote on 14.02.10 at 01:51:25: One thing I will ask is, do you think I should remove the internal power wires? yes that's screw are made for
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