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Title: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Post by bruter on 27.10.03 at 18:37:58

Hello, I have just joined your forum. I recently upgraded my Voodoo 3 for a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP. A few days ago light gray diagonal lines appeared on my monitor after a few hours of operation. There is also a wide horizontal band that scrolls down the screen as well. I suspect that the 5500 is responsible but maybe it's just a setting?

Any feedback on this issue would be greatly appreciated! :)

Title: Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Post by bruter on 27.10.03 at 19:22:21

The card is not overclocked to my knowledge. The person I purchased the card from also said that it was never overclocked.

Title: Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Post by FalconFly on 27.10.03 at 20:24:08

Hm, if your Voodoo5 is a used, 2nd hand one, check that both fans are

a) still working and
b) that the Coolers beneath the Fans are clear of dust

When I cleaned my Voodoo5's, I found the Fans were working fine, but the amount of dust accumulated on the Coolers itself were decreasing the Cooling efficiency quite alot, making the Chips run very hot :P

(The Fans can be easily taken off by removing the 4 little screws. That makes cleaning the Cooler itself very easy)

Title: Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Post by bruter on 28.10.03 at 00:09:28

Great, thanks a bunch. :D I will remove the card and check its cleanliness.

As for the "downclocking", how would I go about doing this. (Sorry, never touched those settings before!)

Title: Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Post by bruter on 28.10.03 at 03:27:55

Well, I took the fans off and :P, there was a lot of dust on the coolers. So, I cleaned the coolers and fans and I guess now we'll just wait and see. Thanks FalconFly!! :D

Title: Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Post by beta on 28.10.03 at 14:33:07

Win9x has the overclocking tab, you can download a small .exe that will enable it for you. 'overclock.exe'.

As patience is saying if the problem continues you'll need to clock below default, this will establish if there is a temperature issue or not. Though usually overheating causes complete lock up and static vertical stipes or a freeze with looping sound in games, in my experience. Your diagonal stipes with scrolling horizontal bar is a new one on me... hopefully someone else may have seen this symptom before. Doesn't sound like a problem with the SDRAM either...

Title: Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Post by bruter on 28.10.03 at 15:10:18

The driver I am using is the Amigamerlin V. 2.9 for Win 9x. I don't have the overclock tab.

Title: Re: Voodoo 5 and diagonal lines on monitor
Post by beta on 28.10.03 at 17:25:49

wrote on 28.10.03 at 14:33:07:

...you can download a small .exe that will enable it for you. 'overclock.exe'.

You will find it here. You can also adjust the clock from 3dfx tools with Amigamerlin 2.9.