FRIED GPU?

[prosperi]

Hi,

i have a voodoo5 5500 agp.
for the past four years i have never got any problems with this card.
since last week i can only play games in single chip configuration.
now, this might be a fried gpu but in directx diagram i can run d3d tests and 4xfsaa activated. with 2xfsaa and with fastest performance configuration i get a pc lockup.
how can this be possible?
the cube in d3d tests has strange paterns and the back screen has vertical lines.
i have cleaned all the dust.
i have installed this card on another computer and also a new install of WINDOWS but the problem remains.
in direct draw all tests goes well (single chip only, fastest performance, 2xfsaa and 4xfsaa).
what i don´t understand is why d3d tests runs fins with 4xfsaa if one gpu is fried (but with that strange patterns and vertical lines across the screen).
do you know where i can get a schematich diagram of this card?



thank´s

[Nightbird]

Do both V5 fans work ?

[prosperi]

hi nightbird,
yes, they are working.

[Nightbird]

Hum, difficult here.
I would think that you had tried several drivers in the same time or a generic MS driver was installed.
What's your OS ?
Perhaps a stupid question but you don't set the 3dfx tools in single chip only ?
Your card is not overclocked ?

[prosperi]

windows me and directx 9.0
it´s not overclocked.
never had any problem.
the problem is that i can only play in single chip configuration, not with fastest performance, 2xfsaa or 4xfsaa configurations.
i would assume that this might be a fried gpu but when i test this card in dxdiagram (with 4xfsaa or single chip) i have no lockup.

[bloodworm]

either the heatsink glue is coming loose (which will happen over time) I had one come off in my hand when pulling the card, or your winXP just stompped all over your drivers AGAIN.......try reinstalling WORKING drivers.

[prosperi]

the solution was to get another one on ebay.
now i have a spare voodoo5.
i guess one gpu is dead, the two fans are working and the heatsinkers are well fitted.