It just a V3 2000 or 3000 with the stock cooler removed and a HSF combo put on

Nope, no overclocking here. V5 default 166 and CPU default 450 4.5x100

I now kno it definately not heat. I had a banshee that used to overheat and i solved that back in the day by underclocking it 10MHz. The RAM on the card was rated at 100 but the bios clocked it at 110.

Just out of interest i underclocked the V5 down to 143 (V3 2000 speed) and no change, still lockup. (Used 3dfx overclock tool). I further dropped it down to 125 and still no change so heat definately isn't a problem.

looks like the v4 4500 it is - well until a V5 comes on ebay in Australia;)

I loaded Win2K on the box and low and behold D3D apps stopped freezing the system completely. Now they just drop back to the desktop. Another interesting thing is massive texture corruption in 3DMark 2001 under Win2K when using two chips. Textures are fine with just 1 chip enabled.

I dont think it is heat because both the heatsinks are cool to touch while the card is under 3D load (b4 it locks)

Just weird, i think 1 of the chips or ram associated with the chips is faulty. Runnign a V4 4500 in the system instead but bit slow. Grr i wish i had a working V5

AGP Command FIFO gives me options of "Auto Detect", 1X or 2X. Either setting has no influence.

Another thing i found is OpenGL crashes in dual chip as well after half an hour or so. All Direct 3D apps lock up after about 2 to 10 minutes. Glide is 100% stable definately tested with NFS3 running 1024x786 with 4xFSAA running in loop for 10 hours suggests this.

The card did work fine at one time ages ago but i've recently put this system together to use the V5 and play older games because i upgraded to a P4 in 2001 which ment the V5 has been a paper weight since then. I hope it isn't a hardware prob with the card. The card has been in the cupboard in an Anti Static bag for last three and a bit years.

Tried AmigaMerlin's 2.9 driver and D3D ran for a while and then locked up. I now think it may be hardware. dam, where can i get another V5 in Aust

I have a system that seems to be rock solid except for this one little prob that my Voodoo 5 5500 AGP will not run Direct3D for more than a few minutes before freezing. Glide and OpenGL are 100% rock stable. A strange thing is that if i put the card into single chip mode for Direct3D, it becomes 100% stable and will run 3Dmark 2001 for days on end. What could be causing this problem to only be evident in Direct3D mode and not Glide and OpenGL using both VSA chips?

System Specs
MSI 6163 Pro Rev2 (i440BX) with latest 3.10 BIOS
384MB PC100 SDRAM (CAS2 but running it at CAS3 to maximise stability)
3Dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP (BIOS 1.06) with official Win98SE 1.04.00 WHCL drivers
Matrox M3D (PowerVR PCX2) with latest drivers and D3D disabled for this card
SMC 1211 NIC
235Watt PSU (potential prob?)
Windows 98 SE with all patches and updates applied

I have removed the M3D to eliminate that as the cause and the V5 still locks in dual chip mode without it. I have also swapped in a Voodoo 4 4500 and that card was rock solid in this PC.

How do i get the dam thing to run in D3D with both chips enabled without locking up?