Rise from your grave! The 3dfx re-build

[TRWOV]

Next on the menu:

 

[digibucc]

That port isn't backwards, it's a 3.3V PCI slot. The 5V slots are the "normal" ones.

The Voodoo Mac supports both.

I've seen it done, too. So your whale is fail.

so the fact that it looks backwards, and a pc pci video card wouldn't fit right, is not a good enough reason for me to say that relative to pc pci slots, it was backwards?

regardless, it wouldn't hurt to be a little less rude. TPU is not a place i expect to be handed my ass for trying to help someone out and answer a question. it doesn't take much to say:

i get your point, but...

let's be friendly huh?

 

[Luciel]

I've seen it done, too. So your whale is fail.

bit uncalled for I think :S

 

[Chicken Patty]

A little bit of cable management:

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I'll hit the flea market tomorrow. I hope to find a bigger hard drive and a FSB133 P3.

CM is coming along pretty good man.

 

[TRWOV]

Got me a 10GB disk, so I spent a few hours installing everything again. Seems to be working fine, formatting took just a few minutes instead of the hours the 20GB one took.

Also happy to report that, after replacing a microswitch, the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro is working 100% although the force feedback features require an AC adapter and so are untested at this time. The thing was a nightmare to take apart.

 

[Super XP]

Awe the goodold days. I am sure I have my ATI Rage 128 kicking around somewhere in my pile of parts

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Awe the goodold days. I am sure I have my ATI Rage 128 kicking around somewhere in my pile of parts

Whoops the rage is flowing in him. I am doing a win 98 build centering around a Rage 128 pro.


Good work there TRWOV. Glade to see the hd working better for you.

 

[TRWOV]

duu dum dum...

 

[Luciel]

Got me a 10GB disk, so I spent a few hours installing everything again. Seems to be working fine, formatting took just a few minutes instead of the hours the 20GB one took.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4640/img8350zb.jpg

Also happy to report that, after replacing a microswitch, the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro is working 100% although the force feedback features require an AC adapter and so are untested at this time. The thing was a nightmare to take apart.

I think "speedfan" works on 98, install it, go to the smart tab, and see what the diagnostic of the hdd is : )

 

[_JP_]

Got me a 10GB disk, so I spent a few hours installing everything again. Seems to be working fine, formatting took just a few minutes instead of the hours the 20GB one took.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4640/img8350zb.jpg

Also happy to report that, after replacing a microswitch, the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro is working 100% although the force feedback features require an AC adapter and so are untested at this time. The thing was a nightmare to take apart.

I also have a DiamondMax VL 40, just like that! Mine's 20GB and sounds like a Jet-engine!







It's annoying as hell!

 

[Red_Machine]

That's nothing. I have the IBM DeskStar that earned the seriest the name DeathStar! Still works, but it's a little slow these days...

 

[TRWOV]

It is loud yes but not a lot. I've heard worse.

 

[TRWOV]

Found an USB 2.0 card:

I wouldn't have bothered with it since I need one with an USB header but something caught my attention:

There're solder pads for such header...but where could I get one?

Wait a minute, where did I put that motherboard that came with a P3 600E about two weeks ago???

There. Ok, lots of headers, shouldn't be too hard...

Gotcha. Time to pull out the soldering iron...

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Now thats the way we do it. salvage parts from one board to fix another.

 

[t_ski]

Be careful not to melt the plastic base - you might pull it off first if you can. It will make desoldering each pin easier, too.

 

[TRWOV]

Finished. Took more effort than what I anticipated.

Let's install and fire up Win98SE

How nice! Win98SE already has compatible drivers built in

Ok, now let's try the front panel ports.

oh, yeah... hand me a cigarette...

The only thing I don't like is the card's color. I wanted all the cards to be green.



Also, if you don't want to hunt down every USB stick driver: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/43605-maximus-decim-native-usb-drivers/

 

[snakko]

lol I recently found a good old Voodoo3 PCI, as well as Riva TNT2, two QDI motherboards (slot-1 and socket A), a soundblaster AWE64 and a bunch of other stuffs.

I'll probably re-build a machine soon getting inspiration from yours (unfortunately I'm missing a reliable CRT monitor, the only one I got has colors burned out )

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Great job there TRWOV. You are making far more progress then I am. I need to get off my lazy butt and get finished with this build so I can have some fun with it.

 

[TRWOV]

Coming up for the weekend