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Title: Dead V5 5500?
Post by elfuego on 23.01.09 at 01:45:54

Hallo again!

I finally gathered the rest of the components for the retro rig and tried out the V5 5500 I bought. Unfortunately, this is what I got:

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4373/dscf9878tg1.th.jpg

but before that screen I got this one:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9805/dscf9879nh1.th.jpg

It says it has a modified rainbow BIOS. So... according to you guys, do you think the card is dead (should I return it) or should I try to fix it somehow? To me it looks like the RAM is a goner, but maybe I am just wrong?

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by gdonovan on 23.01.09 at 01:49:22

Try a stock bios and see what happens first.

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by elfuego on 23.01.09 at 01:55:24

gdonovan wrote on 23.01.09 at 01:49:22:

Try a stock bios and see what happens first.

Might u be able to help me out a bit? I never did the 3dfx BIOS updating before... and I also dont have a PCI video card next to me :( I will try to find one tomorrow. What else do I need? I got myself a bunch of 1.44" floppy disks and Win98 startup disk.

Currently I have nothing else, since the rig is "brand new".

How big are the chances that only the BIOS is bad and the card is still working?

P.S. Thanks for such a fast reply!!! :)

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by rottentreats on 23.01.09 at 01:58:35

gdonovan wrote on 23.01.09 at 01:49:22:

Try a stock bios and see what happens first.

Also dump the original bios so we can see how/if they were messed with :)

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by elfuego on 23.01.09 at 02:02:29

rottentreats wrote on 23.01.09 at 01:58:35:

gdonovan wrote on 23.01.09 at 01:49:22:

Try a stock bios and see what happens first.

Also dump the original bios so we can see how/if they were messed with :)

Alright - I downloaded BIOSes 1.15 and 1.18 along with the 3dfxflasher. I will dump the current BIOS image and upload it afterwards. I just hope to find a suitable PCI video card for the process...

Till then, wish me luck please... I invested a lot into this card already :(

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by m14radu on 23.01.09 at 17:40:33

The memory timings could be wrong.
( You are using a modified bios ).
Try to load the default values; it should fix that. ;)

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by elfuego on 23.01.09 at 21:23:03

m14radu wrote on 23.01.09 at 17:40:33:

The memory timings could be wrong.
( You are using a modified bios ).
Try to load the default values; it should fix that. ;)

I placed the original BIOS 1.18 and it LOOKS like it works!!! The pic isnt garbled anymore on starup screen, but I'm not claiming a thing till I test the card thoroughly in Glide. Please keep the fingers crossed for me, I really want this to work... :-X

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by elfuego on 24.01.09 at 19:59:12

elfuego wrote on 23.01.09 at 21:23:03:

m14radu wrote on 23.01.09 at 17:40:33:

The memory timings could be wrong.
( You are using a modified bios ).
Try to load the default values; it should fix that. ;)

Yup, card definitely works! Just tested on 3dmark 2000 and 2001. Thanks again! I will upload the modified BIOS after I install the network card in the rig. :)

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by m14radu on 25.01.09 at 13:23:43

Glad to see that u manage to rescue a 3dfx card ! ;)

Title: Re: Dead V5 5500?
Post by elfuego on 01.02.09 at 00:13:52

As I promised, here's the dumped BIOS that was on the card itself before...

http://www.speedshare.org/download.php?id=7A7E293B3

If anyone can look at it and tell me what was wrong with it? :-)