Mail-in repair: Voodoo 2 with 12MB @ 110MHz memory

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• Bro what does the black VGA port mean? Is it for secondary display?

• My first GPU! At one point I had two of them linked together. It was strange because all it did was enable 1024×768 resolution instead of the speed boost you would've expected.

• Another well done job. 👍
  A pro tip from my work and experience: If you desolder ceramic capacitors, be careful not to overheat them. They can change easily their value when the temperature gets to high and result in a wrong measurement. Somewhere I have also read a study about this. 😉

• very impressive!

• ive found soldermasking the adjacent pins prevents bridges and accidently unsoldering adjacent one thats been fixed . actually the solder mask is easy to scrap off the metal legs once ur done and it can be softened with contact cleaner – the soldermask seems to bond solid with board but provide a temp bond with the metal legs. Also a S3 virge legs harvested from a dead card is a perfect replacement even if the length of the foot is shorter – – ive replaced 6 broken pins all in a row with this method but with mine I had to grind back the top of the chip as the legs were snapped off completely flush with the chip – good job well done not snapping off those you had to straighten – nothing worst than making the job twice as hard trying to get it looking like new –

• Could you clarify what you mean when you talk about using direct3d when using the s3 virge and then using glide on the Riva? You say 'But I'd prefer to use Glide' like it seems to matter which 2D card you're using. Which is obviously not the case… you can use d3d or glide no matter what 2D card is installed. Don't really understand your comment.

• nice

• Watching you repair an old Voodoo2 just warms my heart.

• This is certainly a clean job. Unfortunately, the question of how high the card can be overclocked remained unanswered.

• I'd keep a close eye on either the 3DFX card or your video card, degrading image quality can be an early sign of failing capacitors. We're seeing this happen on the Wii, where the image gets noticeably darker due to failing filtering caps.

  Also, were you using that new overhead camera you were talking about a few videos ago? I think I prefer the old one

• This is art!

• great work. cheers

• Just as you were saying the microscope was not good, I was reading the video description to try and find what scope you're using because it looks so good!

• Wow that mutilated chip had some ugly pins. Amazing you were able to fixt it. Impressive work.

• Maybe the loop cable doesn't have separate shield for each of RGB and sync signals. This works but the common screen will introduce crosstalk between the signals.

• AWESOME!

• shouldn't the title be MAIL-in repair instead of MAIN-in repair?

• To see if the image quality is due to the pass-through cable (which I bet it is… it looks flimsy), you can just connect the voodoo directly to its own separate monitor.

• 7:55 There are two methods how to get solder out of gold (or copper) pad but they are both too complicated. First one is to use Indium or mercury and they will absorb the solder. Second one is to reapply gold coating. In other words, way too much work…

• I hated those pass through cables, and usually manually switched the cable from 2d to 3d to remove that from the equation.

• can you make a video upgrading the video memory to 24mb or 16mb in case you use a 8mb V2 ? if u want i can supply one voodoo2 to you for that project

• Man your work looks so clean on that replacement pin. I don't think I could have managed that!

• Your voice ruins even trying to enjoy this.

• Another great job =D

• These Voodoo repair videos really make my day happier ☺️

• I remember scrapping my SLI Voodoo 2s at 12MB each due to the colours being bleached, and weird dithering appearing everywhere, especially in Grim Fandango. I regret that now. ;w;

• About image quality: First; don't use S3 for 2D, it's one of the worst, go for a Matrox (preferably an AGP one). Second; go for a pass-through cable which has ferrite beads. Third; your monitor should have an auto-adjust button – press it!

• my s3 virge has always had a somewhat fuzzy picture, there's probably some way to improve it. bet they just used cheap parts.

• Would you be able to provide a link to the tweezers you used here? I definitely need some.

• I doubt there is a way to completely remove the solder from the pads other than removing the plating entirely. When solder is first applied it forms thin layer of alloy on the contact surface. That's the reason why solder joints are so strong.

• Ferric chloride on a Q-tip will remove the solder, you must move quickly and with purpose using this method, as wiping the ferric chloride too long will eat the gold, and eventually the copper. test on scrap cards, but this method when used properly will leave you with flawless gold fingers again.

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