well, looks like I'll have a nice U$30 voodoo ashtray at home just called the guy that sold me card (particular) and he blamed me for the problem, pretty obvious isn't it? I'll have to live with it, but I'm sure I will be able to lay my head in the pillow and sleep nicely... not so sure if he would be able to do the same

This is so sad... I was really happy with my old new toy. This little rig will loose all it´s charm.

Thanks for all the help fellas, It was greatly appreciated!

Best regards,

KODE.

Hi ps47, just posted a picture of my V5 on the link above. I already replaced the cap with a 10uF 50v one(as recommended at work) but it didn´t fix the problem time to kick someone´s a$$

You can see a picture of the cap that is missing here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1102197#post1102197

Just found the problem: C100 capacitor near the AUX Power connector is missing!!! Anyone know its value so I could try to find a similar at my work? Written on top: 10-16s-0I4

Regards,

KODE.

Just set it to single chip did it did the trick, no more meshes and lines on Direct draw test! I tried UT with 3DFx Glide and it runs perfectly no artifacts no flashing textures. This indicates a 100% hardware problem? Will try to clean it and see what happens, wish me luck fellas!

KODE.

That´s what I was afraid of... Will try cleaning the AGP connector and slot. Regarding running the V5 with a single chip, how can I do that? via voodoo tools?

Thanks a lot fellas.

KODE.

Thanks for the tips fellas, but I just installed a fresh copy (like al the previous ones) of Windows98 and the same problem occur. This is so annoying! I tried without the modem and the sound is on-board on the K7M, tried safe settings on BIOS relaxing memory timigs (2-2-2-5 is mem SPD btw)

When I run direct draw test the second cube (Hardware) is all messed up with lines and meshes all over the place...

Hi all,

I just build a second rig to surf internet and some occasional game playing. The problem is that I tried Need for speed Porsche unleashed and Unreal Tournament and they both freeze at the introduction, doesn't even let me start the game. I tried WinMe, XP Pro SP1, Dx8.1, DX9c, Voodoolizer, 3DHQ, Default XP drivers, Amigamerlin's, and none of them solved the problem. I'm starting to loose hope on making my V5 work with games. I thought this could be related to low phisical memory (128MB) or some ACPI/IRQ conflict. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I build this rig just to use my V5.

Best regards,

KODE.