3D card problems

Voodoo3's tech support hasn't helped at all, so it's time to turn to the experts. ;) My Voodoo3 2000 PCI worked wonderfully with my P200 for about five days, and after I installed F12000, it started to screw up. Upon starting the computer, the screen is bright red, green, or blue, and the fonts are screwed up. Then when I get to Windows, it tells me there is a problem in my hardware settings. Sometimes I can turn my computer off, and it'll come back on fine, but lately that won't work. Any ideas on what could be the problem and/or how to solve it? (I have reinstalled the software for it already...no help) Thanks! :) (BTW, I can't race when it screws up, but I can when it starts normally) -- -Brett Goodbye Greg Moore 1975-1999 "I will see you at the front, and wish me luck..." - Greg Moore

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> > Voodoo3's tech support hasn't helped at all, so it's time to turn to the > experts. ;) My Voodoo3 2000 PCI worked wonderfully with my P200 for about > five days, and after I installed F12000, it started to screw up. Upon > starting the computer, the screen is bright red, green, or blue, and the > fonts are screwed up. Then when I get to Windows, it tells me there is a > problem in my hardware settings. Sometimes I can turn my computer off, and > it'll come back on fine, but lately that won't work. Any ideas on what > could be the problem and/or how to solve it? (I have reinstalled the > software for it already...no help) Thanks! :) (BTW, I can't race when it > screws up, but I can when it starts normally) > -- > -Brett > Goodbye Greg Moore 1975-1999 > "I will see you at the front, and wish me luck..." - Greg Moore

I have to ask; did you have it overclocked?

On 6 Apr 2000 12:26:34 GMT Brett <[email hidden]> wrote: % Voodoo3's tech support hasn't helped at all, so it's time to turn to the % experts. ;) My Voodoo3 2000 PCI worked wonderfully with my P200 for about % five days, and after I installed F12000, it started to screw up. Upon % starting the computer, the screen is bright red, green, or blue, and the % fonts are screwed up. Then when I get to Windows, it tells me there is a % problem in my hardware settings. Sometimes I can turn my computer off, and % it'll come back on fine, but lately that won't work. Any ideas on what % could be the problem and/or how to solve it? (I have reinstalled the % software for it already...no help) Thanks! :) (BTW, I can't race when it % screws up, but I can when it starts normally) It almost sounds as if you have more than one "installation" or instance of the drivers loaded. You may want to start Windows in safe mode and then delete all instances of the Voodoo3 you see in the Device Manager. Then use the standard SVGA Windows drivers and re-start Windows and re-install the drivers. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. [email hidden] http://www.teleport.com/~mcarver =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Just a little follow up. After opening 'er up, I noticed that the fan in my 'puter has stopped working. Would the excess heat possibly toast the card? (after finding a "creative" way of returning it to Best Buy, a new one works fine) -- -Brett Goodbye Greg Moore 1975-1999 "I will see you at the front, and wish me luck..." - Greg Moore Brett <[email hidden]> wrote in article <01beaf4e$51b244e0$b50d8ad1@default>... > Voodoo3's tech support hasn't helped at all, so it's time to turn to the > experts. ;) My Voodoo3 2000 PCI worked wonderfully with my P200 for about > five days, and after I installed F12000, it started to screw up. Upon > starting the computer, the screen is bright red, green, or blue, and the > fonts are screwed up. Then when I get to Windows, it tells me there is a > problem in my hardware settings. Sometimes I can turn my computer off, and > it'll come back on fine, but lately that won't work. Any ideas on what > could be the problem and/or how to solve it? (I have reinstalled the > software for it already...no help) Thanks! :) (BTW, I can't race when it > screws up, but I can when it starts normally) > -- > -Brett > Goodbye Greg Moore 1975-1999 > "I will see you at the front, and wish me luck..." - Greg Moore > >

Michael, I'm thinking of buying a Voodoo3 3500 (AGP) for my PII450. I currently have a Monster 3D II 12MB 3dfx (voodoo 2) as my secondary card (SLI). The main card is AGP, an ATI 128 something. If I get the V3, would that mean that I would have to remove the V2 from my pc? Should I better buy a TNT2 AGP? so that I can have both good cards on my system? Thanks, Arturo

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>It almost sounds as if you have more than one "installation" or instance >of the drivers loaded. You may want to start Windows in safe mode and >then delete all instances of the Voodoo3 you see in the Device Manager. >Then use the standard SVGA Windows drivers and re-start Windows and >re-install the drivers. >-- >**************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* > Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. > [email hidden] http://www.teleport.com/~mcarver >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Brett wrote:

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> > Just a little follow up. After opening 'er up, I noticed that the fan in > my 'puter has stopped working. Would the excess heat possibly toast the > card? (after finding a "creative" way of returning it to Best Buy, a new > one works fine) > -- > -Brett > Goodbye Greg Moore 1975-1999 > "I will see you at the front, and wish me luck..." - Greg Moore >

Yes, that is probably what happened, the Voodoos can run hot. Be sure that you get a new fan, otherwise who knows what may happen again. -Gregor