3dfx Archive - Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320)

trevormacro God Member Offline Voodoo5k6 Gold SE, Legend & Mystical Edition Posts: 622 Gender:	Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) 20.03.12 at 10:54:40 Hello, Here is one of my 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI. -> Unsold original 6 ns sdrams and sold new 4 ns sdrams . -> Unsold original VSA-100 Rev.220 and sold new VSA-100 Rev.320 . Pictures : Before modding : After modding :
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #1 - 20.03.12 at 12:27:28 So, let me guess, now you're going to add a good heatsink and overclock the card to see it's potential?
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Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320)
Reply #2 - 20.03.12 at 12:54:37

This came in very bad stated. Many components left (Condensator and resistences), some of them very bad solded- seems like some one tried to fix it. This card needs tune up and It will be done soon.

Card did not have problems for updating new TSOP. Problems showed up with BGA rework. The first VSA-100 added did not work. It appears they were in very bad condiction, like refurbished. The seconds VSA-100 added worked without problems just the card lost in the proccess CHIP SSOP24 ( U509 & U509) and they were added like you can see in the picture.

Yes, very nice card. Cool

- Oscar.

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trevormacro God Member Offline Voodoo5k6 Gold SE, Legend & Mystical Edition Posts: 622 Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #3 - 20.03.12 at 13:04:37 NitroX infinity wrote on 20.03.12 at 12:27:28: So, let me guess, now you're going to add a good heatsink and overclock the card to see it's potential? Yes you are right. The idea is build a fast Voodoo5 5500 with agressive timmings and passive cooler and check the performance with a common V5500.
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goriath God Member Offline Ruggedized Retro Gamer Posts: 599 Italy/Slovenija Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #4 - 20.03.12 at 16:56:19 I hope those 320 didn't come from a Voodoo5 6000.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #5 - 20.03.12 at 21:58:03 goriath wrote on 20.03.12 at 16:56:19: I hope those 320 didn't come from a Voodoo5 6000. Voodoo 4 I bet, they were released the latest.
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oldskool Senior Member Offline I Love 3dfx Posts: 398 uk Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #6 - 21.03.12 at 00:32:21 Why not do the 128mb mod at the same time, this would probably bring more speed, or not? Looks very nice anyway
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Loeschzwerg Senior Member Offline AAlchemy PSU maker :-) Posts: 396 Germany -> Bavaria -> Augsburg Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #7 - 21.03.12 at 07:40:12 Did you change both VSA100 by yourself? I'm able to solder BGA chips but only smaller once. If you did solder them yourself maybe you can give me a hint. A little repair left, but the card looks good so far.
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Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320)
Reply #8 - 21.03.12 at 11:02:31

Hello Gary,

The only cards with latest 3rd revision silicon (355-0026-320) are only present in the 6k 3700/3900 A rev. ( Such rev should be stable over 200MHz). V4 comes 355-0026-200/220 like v5.

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Did you change both VSA100 by yourself? I'm able to solder BGA chips but only smaller once. If you did solder them yourself maybe you can give me a hint.

BGA rework is done across a BGA station not via hot air gun though. Once work is done BGA is tested under ray-x scanner to check there are not short circuit between 'pins'.

TSOP/BGA reworks are done by a special friend of mine.

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trevormacro God Member Offline Voodoo5k6 Gold SE, Legend & Mystical Edition Posts: 622 Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #9 - 21.03.12 at 11:28:40 8 chips are mine and some of them will be used for come alive a Partial Death/Damaged 6k rev.3700A Card (germany guy sold me) :
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Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320)
Reply #10 - 21.03.12 at 12:54:36

osckhar wrote on 21.03.12 at 11:02:31:

Hello Gary,

The only cards with latest 3rd revision silicon (355-0026-320) are only present in the 6k 3700/3900 A rev. ( Such rev should be stable over 200MHz). V4 comes 355-0026-200/220 like v5.

Learn something new every day- I forgot about the chips sold on sites like Ebay.

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Loeschzwerg Senior Member Offline AAlchemy PSU maker :-) Posts: 396 Germany -> Bavaria -> Augsburg Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #11 - 21.03.12 at 13:25:26 Wasn't there also a rev 330 of the VSA100 on some Voodoo 5 6000 Rev 3700 cards?
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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #12 - 21.03.12 at 13:49:01 Loeschzwerg wrote on 21.03.12 at 13:25:26: Wasn't there also a rev 330 of the VSA100 on some Voodoo 5 6000 Rev 3700 cards? Nope, I gues you mean 230- it is only used on 2600 A2 6k. - Oscar.
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Loeschzwerg Senior Member Offline AAlchemy PSU maker :-) Posts: 396 Germany -> Bavaria -> Augsburg Gender:	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #13 - 21.03.12 at 14:16:17 Ahh ok. Yes, I had 4 revisions in my mind, so then it must be the 230.
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gwb Junior Member Offline i liek eng samples Posts: 89 Georgia, USA	Re: Voodoo5 5500 PCI (4ns sdram + VSA-100 Rev.320) Reply #14 - 21.03.12 at 16:54:05 Thanks for sharing, hardware mods are cool to see. Is osckhar doing the work?
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