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Re: Voodoo 5 6000
Reply #15 - 03.03.09 at 00:00:20

Hi

I would recommended only 8K3a+ (if you want RAID 0 ) with Barton 3000+ if using Voodoo5 6000. I have tested also Soyo Dragon Ultra 645DX with 2.8Ghz and it works, but must disabled Enable write combining in display settings. Otherwise some freeze happen. Disabling write combining also take a way a lot of power in display card.

EPoX 8K5A2 also makes random lock ups in games and computer would not shutdown right when selected shut down. Must press power button to shut down computer.

Epox 8K3A+ everything goes... No lockups, shutdown as it should etc etc..

So, in my testing with these mobo's, 8K3a with RAID option Wink

is the best board you can get if you use V56K with it.

These results are of course in my noticed problems with my V56K. Maybe other cards won't do these things with these mobo's.

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Re: Voodoo 5 6000
Reply #16 - 03.03.09 at 00:10:40

Well from my personal experience the 8K3a+ i a good board for the v5 cards but it has the problem of popping caps like popcorn Undecided

And from what i noticed on the web it was not my bad fortune:
http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2785
My advise would be to recap it with higher quality ones even if it's almost new and doesn't need it.
Still this requires some manual labor but as you can read in the link above it solves the problem. Just my opinion.

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razrx God Member Offline 3dfx Addict Posts: 839 Great Lakes, Canada Gender:	Re: Voodoo 5 6000 Reply #17 - 03.03.09 at 00:13:23 Very good! Also, SAT+KABEL is running a v6k on an 8K5A2 board... and Feinripp is using an 8K5A2+ board
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Re: Voodoo 5 6000
Reply #18 - 03.03.09 at 00:17:31

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Yes, the caps... I have use this 8K3a+ now allmost two years and I check the caps condition very often. So far, no leaked caps or "fat" caps. I think, if you don't stress the mobo with overclocking, caps might hold longer time.

And with V56K, you should not even try...heh

Of course, I'm prepaired to change the caps if they start to go bad.

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« Last Edit: 03.03.09 at 00:19:28 by Kokohemmo »

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Re: Voodoo 5 6000
Reply #19 - 03.03.09 at 00:28:46

Well i didn't stress the MB and i prefer my systems 24/7 stable (work defect) and silent if possible Wink

Still it's also a matter of how often you use it and like I said before those caps aren't of the highest quality so has to be a series of factors that determine make the popping effect happen on this mainboard.
Myself am using a Tyan Dual MP board now, very stable but not as fast.
Later edit: I did recap mine but partially as I could not find all the right quality caps for it Sad

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Re: Voodoo 5 6000
Reply #20 - 03.03.09 at 00:37:43

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Yes, thats true that it would be better to change those caps. I'm going to change also these 8K3A+ caps, as soon they start to make some errors in OS or caps start to grow or leak. I did that operation with 8K5A2+, when I was using it because in that mobo they were allready fat.

Now I have new caps allready waiting for change, but I still keep on these "good" caps for a while.

Replacing the caps is not hard thing to do, just patience and time...

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« Last Edit: 03.03.09 at 00:39:59 by Kokohemmo »

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razrx God Member Offline 3dfx Addict Posts: 839 Great Lakes, Canada Gender:	Re: Voodoo 5 6000 Reply #21 - 04.03.09 at 00:26:36 Here's an excellent thread on v6k + motherboard compatiblity: http://www.voodoo3dfx.com/Foro_V6k/viewtopic.php?t=8
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G1nX Senior Member Offline Running NSK Guardian Posts: 466 Romania Gender:	Re: Voodoo 5 6000 Reply #22 - 04.03.09 at 00:53:49 G1nX wrote on 02.03.09 at 22:39:37: For mainboard options you can also check here http://www.voodoo3dfx.com/Foro_V6k/viewtopic.php?t=8&start=0 Already posted You can also check out the old v6k forum now archived http://web.archive.org/web/20080101012243/www.voodoo6000.com/resource.html
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Re: Voodoo 5 6000
Reply #23 - 04.03.09 at 02:15:05

G1nX wrote on 04.03.09 at 00:53:49:

G1nX wrote on 02.03.09 at 22:39:37:

For mainboard options you can also check here
http://www.voodoo3dfx.com/Foro_V6k/viewtopic.php?t=8&start=0

Already posted Tongue

You can also check out the old v6k forum now archived Sad

http://web.archive.org/web/20080101012243/www.voodoo6000.com/resource.html

I'm glad you replied G1nX.

I clicked on your link to voodoo6000.com. There were areas I've never seen on that site. I remember going there in the past and having trouble viewing pages. This time around I was able to see all the pages, just not all the pics. That site looked great.

I saw an image of my v6k on the page you posted that I didn't have before.

Thank you!

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Re: Voodoo 5 6000
Reply #24 - 28.03.09 at 20:51:05

Hi again

Finally I recap one of my three 8K3A+ motherboard.
I change all the CSG caps, so I don't have to worried about if
some bad quality caps fails when I start to use this mobo with my V56K.

Original caps:

2200uf 10V CSG 13 pcs
1500uf 6.3V CSG 2 pcs
1200uf 6.3V CSG 6 pcs
1000uf 6.3V CSG 6 pcs
100uf 16V CSG 18 pcs
10uf 25V CSG 6 pcs

New Caps

2200uf 10V RUBYCON MHZ LOW-ESR 105C
1500uf 6.3V RUBYCON MCZ LOW-ESR 105C
1200uf 6.3V RUBYCON MCZ LOW-ESR 105C
1000uf 10V RUBYCON MCZ LOW-ESR 105C
100uf 16V RUBYCON ZLH LOW-ESR 105C
10uf 25V NICHICON PY(M) 105C

This board 2200uf caps were the worst of my three ones:

After adding new Rubycon and Nichicon high quality caps, it looks much better.. Wink

And the complete motherboard with new caps:

I tested the board and now voltage ranges are stabil, no up and down.

I do more tests with this board when I change this with my regular board.
My mobo which I now use with V56K has TEAPO caps. They are still in good shape,
no leaks or bulbing.

Ps. I also try the final update for this mobo. Waiting the last AMD 333Mhz cpu, Barton 3200+.

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« Last Edit: 29.03.09 at 00:14:39 by Kokohemmo »

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2 x 1GB Kingston ValueRAM PC2700 CL 2.5
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