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Trouble with my Voodoo 3
21.01.10 at 17:46:27
 
Hello,

I have recently plugged in my old Pentium III again, with the Voodoo 3, 8mb card.

It is now running Windows XP, and I don't know if it's relevant, but it has been running Linux before.

Every time I start up the PC, I have to go in Device Manager, and manually stop and start my Voodoo 3 card. Only then, it works.

This is quite annoying, I figured there must be a solution, but after lots of Googling, I still didn't find one.

I hope you can help me out!

Thanks in advance.
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Re: Trouble with my Voodoo 3
Reply #1 - 23.01.10 at 00:23:33
 
Hmm.  Interesting problem.  I have had the same problem with my AIW RADEON 7500, and I solved it with a driver change.  What is your driver version, especially when running that thing under Windows XP?  Also, what Voodoo3 model is it?
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Re: Trouble with my Voodoo 3
Reply #2 - 25.01.10 at 16:37:46
 
Hello!

First of all, sorry for my late reply.

I don't know about a driver version, can you tell me where to find this?
As for model, it's an 8 megabyte one, connected through an AGP port (so no PCI, if that even exists Tongue)

It's really all I know, but if you'd tell me where I can find that sorts of stuff, I'd be more than happy to look it up for you Smiley

Thanks in advance,
Ycto.
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Re: Trouble with my Voodoo 3
Reply #3 - 25.01.10 at 17:02:49
 
If it has only 8MB of memory, could be a Voodoo3 1000
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Re: Trouble with my Voodoo 3
Reply #4 - 27.01.10 at 00:54:30
 
Could be, but I have never heard of any Voodoo3 1000 drivers qritten for Windows XP...  Undecided
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Reply #5 - 27.01.10 at 01:06:38
 
For WinXP you should use the AmigaMerlin drivers for Voodoo3 cards. I believe 2.5 is the last version, not sure though.
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Re: Trouble with my Voodoo 3
Reply #6 - 31.01.10 at 19:59:18
 
Hello again

I have tried your suggestions, however, I'm afraid none of them worked Sad

The Amigamerlin drivers did not work either Sad

It appears to be a Voodoo 3 2000, not 1000. I only just noticed the text that pops up and disappears almost immediatly after starting up the PC Wink

Here's what happens:
* I start up the PC, it loads Win XP in.. I don't know, lowest bit mode, but I get really ugly graphics.
* When I open the configuration, I cannot change the resolution.
* I open Device Manager, I see that "3dfx Voodoo 3" could not be turned on.
* I "disable" the device, and re-enable it
* I check the configuration again, and finally, I can adjust the resolution.

This is really strange, especially because this Voodoo 3 card has worked on Windows XP in the past (I'm running it with Service pack 2, again this should work.)

I hope you guys can help me out.

Thanks a lot, also for your interest, to anyone who posted.
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Re: Trouble with my Voodoo 3
Reply #7 - 01.02.10 at 20:45:40
 
try this one: http://www.3dfx.cz/download/sfftalpha41_custom.rar (load it via the device manager)

and clean the agp slot and the agp connector as well.
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Re: Trouble with my Voodoo 3
Reply #8 - 04.02.10 at 18:25:17
 
Hello

Well, I ran through what you said (Yeah, I did go in my PC and cleaned the thing Tongue, gah it was dusty in there..), but unfortunately, it did not help Sad

Again, the problem lies within starting the card on start-up. Device manager then says it "could not start the device", so I just disable it, and re-enable it, then I can go into Screen settings or resolution settings, don't know what it's called in English, and set the resolution to the correct settings (1024*768).

So when I start up the PC, it just show the screen it the worst resolution available I think.

It also says "Multiple monitors", the screen I'm using is a Packard Bell TV, but it apparently recognizes "Normal television" and "Plug and Play Monitor".

Information on the card:
3dfx Voodoo 3

Chiptype: 3dfx Voodoo 3
DAC-type: Internal DAC
Memory: 8 MB
3dfx Voodoo 3 Board
BIOS-data: NO ROM DETECTED

I think there might be a problem in the BIOS, as it says "no rom detected" but I have no idea on how to solve it.


Thank you for your help, I hope you can again help me out Smiley
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